Your best bet since your working on your capital are going to be to use low money down hard-money lender.

Appreciation: Are you primarily looking for immediate cash flow (rental income exceeding expenses) or are you betting on long-term appreciation?

Your best bet is probably to get your real estate license and start actively being a real estate professional or buy a STR in your market that you can physically be at on a regular basis. 

Personally, I love them because they offer built-in diversification.In my experience, local banks are your best bet for financing mixed-use properties.

But I wouldn't be surprised to see us settle in the low 6.00% range.I have some aggressive bets in stocks and long duration bonds that will benefit if/when that happens.

Good luck, you are a busy man with school, family and baseball.Likely your best bet is house hacking (if your partner and child are willing to share housing). 

That becomes a "he said, she said" in court and I'd bet most judges would side with the plaintiff. ;-)

   #4 Is great and I bet this one can lead to many successful closed deals. 

If you have a lease with this tenant that allows them the dogs, you can still say they are in violation of the lease, I'll bet, by something in the lease that says they aren't to bother the neighbors or cause any disturbances, etc.

Wishing - betting death on your tenants?