Without too much detail I had to quit my W2 job 2 years ago to care for my disabled son and my wife is still working.

Brandon Turner does a great job going over different strategies in his book "Invest in Real Estate with No (or little) Money Down".

A lot of investors provide comps (residential RE) but I avoid doing it because it's like telling them how to do there job.

I have seen these circumstances; people die, go out and buy a car, lose their job, etc… Just my own two cents, I’m not an attorney, just play one on TV

My goal is to continue to acquire more cash flowing rentals to eventually leave my day job and just self manage the rental properties. 

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

I think they've done a great job of building their product and if you already have a property listed on Airbnb, it's super easy to import to MiniStays (though it's not difficult to list your property there if you don't.)

A great way to get started if you currently have a W2 job is to buy a house hack like a duplex or a fourplex where you can move into one of the units and continue to rent/manage the other units.

I work in tech and she just started a new job here for the state. 

@Troy ParkerCongratulations on the renovations and your new job opportunity!