Personally, I like to target 30% equity retention in each deal.- Section 8 income isn't guaranteed.

With experience in construction and sales, you'll definitely be able to use those skills to your advantage when doing value-add deals.The better the deal is, the easier it will be to do the BRRRR method and you can find some of the best deals off-market, so it's important to build a solid network and create deal flow so you can see as many opportunities as possible. 

Work backwards from your $300,000 annual target to monthly say $25,000 per month.  

It is an awesome system and does everything for single and multi family management, makes our difficult job so much easier.

Majority of my target market is International Students, serious about their Studies, not interested in causing issues.

The more you know ahead of time, the easier the process will be.

Quote from @Jules Aton: Does anyone target retention? 

One rental(two units) just finishing renovations and spent 15-20k of my own money so saving will be easier soon instead of loading my credit card then paying it all off every month.

I understand Vermont has slightly more stringent regulations to contend with but it would also be closer for us geographically and thus potentially easier to manage.

If you consistently analyze properties, recognizing a good deal will be much easier when it shows up.