My piece of advice would be to research emerging neighborhoods and focus on areas with strong job growth and infrastructure development. 

Quote from @Donnie Jones: The harsh truth is that wholesaling is a job, not a means of investing.

I work full time at a decent job, but have quickly learned that I needed to make some changes in my families life by securing our financial future. 

No offense, but hire a PMC because:1) You hate the process of placing tenants.2) You didn't do a very good job of screening the current ones.Sometimes we have to get out of our own way to find success!

Have a steady 9-5 job but looking to branch into real estate investing as well. 

However, I think some upcoming life changes may be the right opportunity for me to dip my toes in the water in real estate investing.I live in Pflugerville, TX (25 minutes from downtown Austin) and will soon be moving to Portland, OR, for my dream job.

The investors that i work with look to theses growing markets of population and jobs to make an investment that both cash flows and will find appreciation.  

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

I work in group home settings for a living and at my previous facility there were two clients per bedroom which would give you potentially 8 in your house while at my current job there is one client per bedroom which would only be 4 clients in your home.

But really you’re just creating a second job for yourself and one that doesn’t pay very well if it even is cash flow positive at all 😆I used to buy houses for STR but now that I’ve got several STRs up and running that I bought many years ago, I stopped buying STR once mortgage rates went up and housing prices went up.