Buying land without this and adding the infrastructure to do it yourself will be really expensive. 

With $27000 reno cost and an added $225/mo how long is that to break even?

Adding details and specifics can help get to the answer or direction you're looking for.

I added value by rehabbing both of the units inside the property What was the outcome?

Just added the "official" first meetup post in the Events & Meetup Section! 

If you're looking to do value-added deals out of state, you're decreasing the chances of having a successful experience.

Likewise, a property manager should be added to a landlord's policy.From my blog: What does it mean to add your property manager as an additional insured?

Nouveau Riche is the same even though I don’t think it is a true pyramid (not too sure though) they get you interested by advertising “RE investor looking for apprentice: 20,000.00†If you take the ad at face value one would be led to believe the “investor†was going to pay you a salary to help him with his business and teach you the ropes.

It offers flexibility as a landlord to be able to offer more or less rooms as needed, protection to the landlord in that you can hedge with adding LTR or STR to the mix, and simplification to the business as your only dealing with one address.

When building my home, I could easily have added $1M to the price tag by just using concrete and steel.