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.

However, since we are staying out of the country, we would like to look for a reliable airbnb property management companies to do the end-to-end management from task i.e. listings, fixing a broken lock, get the house clean, liaise with guest etc.Any recommendation?

It sounds like a great opportunity, especially with the location near theme parks and convention centers.Nice job negotiating a lower price with motivated sellers—that’s a smart move.

I ended up getting real estate license (while still keeping my job) grew the real estate business and continued to buy properties.

Buildium would help with the expense tracking but also enable PM tasks such as lease renewals, maintenance requests, rent collection, etc.

Its more of a value added job than it is true investing.  

Jobs.

I'm not sure of the local job market etc, but maybe someone who wants to save on rent would pay a couple hundred a month to bring in their camper/RV/Travel Trailer to stay in the area for cheap...that's about it I think.  

Factors like population growth, job market, rental demand, price-to-rent ratio, and local economy are crucial.

I currently hold two W-2 jobs as a Firefighter and US Marine.