I might become an agent but it doesnt sound ideal.

That is there because there is major water flowing from somewhere.It needs to be sloped to the left or ideally crowned and graded.

What I mean by that is YOU define what business you want and who your ideal client is.I have a system that says I want XX client.

Study your local market first and foremost, as investing in the area may be more ideal than investing out-of-state until you get more comfortable hiring a property manager and delegating more of the responsibilities to others.

Small MF is really based on the value other investors are paying for similar properties, ideally duplex's, close to yours, with a similar sq/bed/ bath. 

I want to purchase a property within 6-8 months of finishing my loan payments and ideally I would use this year to continue learning and crunching numbers on properties that I find for practice, but have no idea what my budget should be because I have no idea what loan amount I might get approved for...I would like to do FHA for the 3.5% down and looking at qualifications I should be able to qualify, but I feel like until I actually sit down and see what exactly I can get approved for, there is a huge gap in my planning...

Not impossible that he didn't use credit until recently, but the things that are showing are not ideal.

Ideally you would have given them notice as soon as you knew the sale was going through on your new home.

The real sour truth about it is is that life will be easier if you have capital before hand (10-20% of ideal property prices you're looking at). 

Would ideally like a wifi-connected lock that has the most discreet keypad as possible (since they don't like changes to the exterior of the unit).