You are brave person to able to say that in bp lol

Have a person who can guide you through the couple of deals you do at first to make sure you can really know how to do a deal from start to finish (not the remodeling, but systems)3.

I personally am using the "value add" strategy to get my rentals to cash flow. 

House hacking will also give you some personal "property management" experience.

Additionally, townhomes appreciate much slower than detached single family homes tend to.My personal advice would be to sell this property and then 1031 either into a better property near you that is low maintenance, or (probably better for you) invest the capital into a syndication or partnering with an active investor where you should get returns better than the stock market. 

My personal opinion is to not put anything down and instead save for closing costs and unexpected but expected repairs.

If you are looking for a loan product without having to use your personal credit, then a DSCR loan option may be for you.

As others said if you have a personal use for it then do it.

Hi all,  out of curiosity and personal interest in achieving this as well, I would like to get the GC license.

Personally I've been investing myself for the past 4 but mainly on Flips and or SF rentals.