Next level up: if you buy a property, say a 4 family that is all 2 bed units, you rent out the other three, and bring in a roommate for yours.The thing about real estate is it is capital intensive.  

Entry points are very high, competition is intense from national investors and local investors, and the rehabs would need to be nearly perfectly designed and executed. 

You are going to get charged some serious cheddar, more than $2000, if you ask a pro outfit to go with labor-intensive TSP cleaning and oil-based primer as I've described.

I'm looking forward to when I'm working mostly listings and not having to depend so hard on buyers, they are labor intensive.

Intense internal cosmetic and top tier landscapping What was the outcome?

This can be management intensive but a way to mitigate this issue is to seek senior tenants with fixed incomes.I'd also recommend spreading your territory to other smaller communities - and not just Bell County.

Zip codes that are much more intensive to manage are 37406, 37404, 37407, and 37410. 

My observation is Mental health with developmental disabilities will be more maintenance intensive than say transitional housing or alcohol halfway house.

A STR is management intensive for the owner unless they have a manager, who charge 20-40% of gross.

And both Real Estate and Remodeling are intensely competitive industries with a plethora of offerings out there, making both the "Olympics" of marketing.