Hey @Corina Eufinger thanks for the tips!

Tip #1 - no such thing as one perfect market There is lots of data on Bigger Pockets and MTR experts that have released rankings of top cities for next year, but remember it's not just about the purchase-- it's also about the operation.

Welcome to the community and be ready for a huge amount of information at your finger tips.

They will be able to give you some sage advice that would work for your specific buy box.Johnathan - thank you for the tip.

This kid is really dumb, I would have let him go months ago, or even have taken a smaller amount of money if he just left. 

Feel free to share any tips or ask me questions! 

Finally, I would like to thank everyone else for your replies I know I expressed gratitude in each of my replies but honestly thank you, everyone, all your replies were beneficial, obviously I am just at the tip of my endeavor but I am going to now focus all my energy using the great opportunities that have been laid out for me using the feedback everyone in this forum has shared!

The tenant base is generally 95% single women with 2 to 5 kids and they flat destroy houses, Not on purpose  most of the time but if you have children all below 10 years old they are just brutual on houses even in the best of situations of which single parent with multiple baby daddys is not the best of circumstances.. full stop.

Im more a hands on learning definitely and as far as living in a unit i couldn't yet because its out of the kids school district  plus the limited space. but thats the goal, to buy a small air or inn to manage and run for work while still renting in our district and then looking to buy since we're renters again!

I sadly went through a brutal divorce, so I want to provide stability for my kids.