I have been reading many books on finances, rentals, and real estate and feel this is an area I can have more "control" over my investment rather than placing it all in my 401k and hoping for the best. 

in a vast interview process with many steps before allowing someone to move in. a new roomie is an everyone-decision, not a landlord-only decision; if you're expecting people to co-exist in a space together (for longer than just a few months), you have to make sure they all have some things in common, or at minimum have the right expectations in terms of cleanliness and routine habits.someone working the night shift and someone else having a 5am rise-time, or someone who works from home in a call-center job is not going to jive well for example. and someone who doesnt handle conflict well is not going to jive with someone who is brutally honest and up front about issues. happy to go into more deets on how we do things if it will help. this can certainly be lucrative in terms of cash flow, but there are huge mud puddles i have stepped in over the years which i have had to learn to navigate.

Focus on the numbers and the goals, not personal feelings.

You don't know for sure exactly what their occupancy rates are but you can certainly get a feel for it by seeing what future dates are open.

I'm also happy to share access to a spreadsheet where I track Single Family, Multifamily & Rental Inventory for the Pensacola Market(Escambia & Santa Rosa Counties) each week. 

I have a great line up of lenders I am happy to make intro's for you. 

You also don't want to forget about making a payment either so make sure you have auto-payments set up to keep your seller happy!

I'm happy to say that both criteria have been met. 

Happy to connect. 

If you can design something like that and hit those rental numbers than you're going to be very, very happy with the investment.