These would be markets that my family and I would want to visit for travel, and also to check on the properties from time to time.

Many people do not hold a property for the life of the normal depreciation anyway. 

There were a ton of issues with this property one after another that delayed closing, but we were able to get to the finish line.

Even a single-family home with a legal additional living unit could work if you can find the right property.Because you want a property that needs work, I would be careful not to take on something that is too distressed.

So I went almost 7 years paying zero taxes, until I started paying properties off.

DO NOT wholesale MLS property.

Look for an off market distressed property. 

Did you know that you can increase your cash flow simply by utilizing accelerated depreciation of your real estate property?

This slows down your acquisition of new property, but isn't as stressful when interest rates go up or if you have vacancy.

Quote from @Jokari Trueheart: HI, almost 11 months ago I purchased 3 duplexes and I borrowed the funds from my personal residence which I took out a equity agreement for the down payment on the investment property, great idea at the time because I have 10 years to pay it off and theres no payment requirement, but , I learned more about the consequence that it takes a large chunk of my equity the longer I take to pay it back, so my goal was to refi cash out the investment property to pay it back but I don't think theres enough equity yet to pull the full $106k needed, I only borrowed $88k but with the equity percentage for one year i'm paying about $18k in equity on top of the amount I borrowed if I pay it off in year one, so I need this paid off ASAP before it increases more.