It's a great way to create a healthy portfolio over time, and it's a fantastic vehicle for wealth building. 

Please let me know if there are any recommended sources to obtain business lending for start up businesses and provide assistance to maintain healthy business credit. 

It's perfect lifestyle for me.

You don't necessarily need 20% down and since it's below market, might have room for a healthy seller concession..check with the lender for disclosing the seller relation. 

Use the BRRRR tactic by finding homes not yet for sale, checking out foreclosures and auctions, fixing up with trusted workers, keeping an eye on fix-up costs, renting to good tenants, setting fair rents, getting a refinance from banks that get the BRRRR idea, and keeping financial matters healthy.

Your day job can keep providing your income for your lifestyle.

If anyone can provide me with any insight on particular area of either city where investing would be healthy, I’d appreciate it.

Thus, the cost of doing business requires and demands that the PM company charge more and various fees just to stay in business--never mind making healthy profit. 

Hi Jeff, Most lenders on investment transactions will require 15-20% down payment assuming the credit is healthy. 

(I know what most people are thinking, not the most ideal degree to hold when getting into this business, but alas here we are haha) I am eagerly trying to break free from the whole "living paycheck to paycheck working for the man" type of lifestyle.