If I'm in your shoes I would checkout any local RE meetups happening nearby, that would be a great spot to meet some other folks in your shoes and/or other lenders who might be able to give their perspective if it makes sense to pull out money from your home rn or not. 

If I were in your shoes, here's what I would do: Start by securing a work-from-home job.

Running shoes?

So...I'm I suppose to knock a wall down to increase the space for her shoes??

I've used such for projects that ran long in the past, while interest rates rose again and again.

My ultimate goal is to own 10-20 doors in the next 5-10 years how would you attack this if you were in my shoes paying down debt and planning to make your first big move toward a rental.

If you were in my shoes with $50,000 to invest today, and focusing on Charlotte, NC, or Louisville, KY, how would you proceed?

I am uncertain what the ARV would be.What would you do in my shoes?

Am in the same shoes as you were.. looking for build to rent/turnkey/PM.. thanks!

Another resource I recommend is David Greenes Long-Distance Real Estate Book, which helped me out when I was in your shoes.