You can potentially increase your income by multiples and temporary workers are a solid niche for this. 

I am currently looking into getting my real estate license in North Carolina and hopefully this will increase my knowledge of real estate and which direction i need to proceed. 

The property can be turned into a four bedroom 2 bath (through space in the basement) which would increase the rent potential substantially. 

Rents hadn't been increased in years.

We increase the per diem aggressively starting the day after the seller is supposed to be gone.These things can turn ugly.I recently helped someone to buy an SFR in Plymouth. 

https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in October Single-family home sales increased 4.7 percent year-over-year, with 6,716 units sold;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes was 57 versus 61 a year earlier;Total property sales rose 6.0 percent, with 8,127 units sold;Total dollar volume jumped 9.3 percent to $2.3 billion;The single-family home median price climbed 3.6 percent to $234,653, an October high;The single-family home average price also achieved an October record, rising 3.5 percent to $294,500;Single-family homes months of inventory reached a 3.9-months supply, up fractionally from 3.7 months last October, but below the national supply of 4.4 months reported by NAR;Townhome/condominium sales dropped 2.9 percent, with the average price up 4.9 percent to $206,838 and the median price down 2.2 percent at $152,900;Leases of single-family homes rose 7.3 percent with the average rent down 1.1 percent to $1,754;Volume of townhome/condominium leases fell 6.8 percent with the average rent up 1.2 percent to $1,550.

As your assets increase you may want to get a personal umbrella policy (PUP) to cover any additional liability.

We are looking to perhaps move into a larger place, and rent out our original duplex, which would increase our monthly cash flow even more.

I picked up a copy of Chris Clothier's Turnkey Revolution book and it only increased my interest.I reached out to Memphis Invest to set up a 1 on 1 call and was quickly contacted by a portfolio advisor to set up a call for later this week. 

Their rationale for this price point are the increased tariffs and demand.