To keep up with relevant advances, I read numerous publications each week.

For numerous reasons we decided to sell, and received at offer from the Church that was one of the occupants, for a price equal to appraised value.  

Trees, ditches, wet, etc.  

The other 1% are constantly reviewed by licensed Realtors, large wholesalers spending $20,000 monthly for marketing, numerous platforms and services selling leads, fix n flippers, syndicators, investment funds,  and “opportunistic” buyers such as myself with millions of dollars in cash to close any discounted deal in less than 48 hours, if need be.  

I'm one year into being a landlord, and I loved it for about the first six months--in spite of numerous challenges.

True, but it's much safer not to worry about a mortgage while you get your feet wet. 

I'm not saying it always turns out bad, but there are numerous issues that can arise that are not worth the arrangement.

Ive been to HPD Section 8 office numerous times in person telling them all the incidents and all they seem to do is defer me to housing court. 

@Taylor Chiu  I currently work in the healthcare field and did home health for a while and saw patients in numerous ALF's in SFR here in california. 

If you're applying for a Conventional/FHA/VA/ or USDA loan, then they will do a "global cash flow" where they take into account your PITI (Principal + Interest + Taxes + Insurance (hazard and flood) on all properties (second mortgages included), HOA payments, car payments, student loan payments, credit card payments, and installment loan payments in the numerator and your gross income in the denominator.