I'm a young professional working in healthcare in all areas of Southern California and spending most of my time in San Diego and Los Angeles.

I'm new to Landlording but have already learned from personal experience to just 'do it right the first time' rather than putting band aids on things. 

There's only two things you can't get rid of - AIDS and a tri level.......In all seriousness, the nickname for a tri level in real estate is "Bayliner".

Set the dining room table with a feast of fried chicken, watermelon, and a big glass pitcher of brightly-colored Kool Aid?

To aid you in locating a place to begin your search in Durham as well as to help identify the path of progress, I have include a link to a gif showing how various location in Durham have improved/worsened since 2010. 

Where these numbers are found, there is a very high rate of rent actually being paid.We have over a dozen Fortune 500 companies just in Metro Detroit with huge Healthcare, Auto, and mortgage industry National footprints.

Take a class at your local community college - they might offer healthcare options3.

Like I said, I really only wanted the license to aid me in my investment efforts. 

Interacting face to face will help tremendously with forming those critical relationships to aid your progress.

We will definitely need/want to eventually sell the business itself (likely about 13-15 years from now, unless universal healthcare comes along, in which case, we can/will sell out earlier), either retaining and renting back the portion of the RE that is needed for the business OR selling the needed portion of RE along with the business.