If you are looking for pure rentals and rental income, your best bet is Greensboro or Winston Salem in that order in my option. 

This is not easy though since there is tons of competition.80% of my purchases have been done in multiple offer situation, since 2007.Next month I will do a pure flip , I will try to get 25k net minimum after commissions.

Things I'd tell my younger self if I could:1) When house hacking, make sure the numbers work as a pure rental.

On the other hand sometimes you know you're going to be in a loan for more than 3 years till you clean up your taxes or credit so taking on PPP actually might improve your rate .25-.75% so you might actually add on PPP for 3 years as a strategic choice to lower your month to month debt service or payments.The main pros of the gross income DSCR products is that it can let you qualify purely off the property's gross income and ignore all your other liabilities in the qualification equation. 

So, even though the properties can be bought purely as investments from a market/sale standpoint there is a strong possibility that the buyer will be an owner occupant and comparable sales best relates valuations for owner occupied properties. 

If you are hurt qualification wise in that regard, then you should look into "DSCR Loans" which are from private lenders typically and do not take into account DTI/tax returns/income and instead mostly look at your credit score and the property as a pure investment property. 

Are you hoping to house hack, or is this purely an investment opportunity?

I immediately changed the battery (it was overdue) but it continued to beep.

I echo Daniel's advice about working with family, tensions can build quickly, and I'd HIGHLY recommend building a team you can work with on a purely professional level.

Discuss how much the two of you want to set aside each year for purely making memories