If I am hell bent on renting by the room (I don't think that is a good LONG-TERM strategy, will elaborate later), I can do that on both sides of my duplex as well.  

We stick to high quality neighborhoods and homes and are doing really well with it.

Yea they would keep that in place and you'd get a second position mortgage for the rest at, well, higher than todays rates.

Quote from @Nicole Gauthier: @Don Konipol This is a wonderful contribution as well!

Interested as well.

Now for some nice winter shots then schedule for summer so you can add them as well.

As a side note, and maybe others will recommend this as well, obtain your real estate license instead if you are interested in pursuing sales full-time.

Cosmo - I personally don't know Phoenix well, but if I had to do this in another city I would look at income levels, crime levels, and population growth (if you can) by zip code and/or area within a DMA as a starting point.

Follow up outside the activities to ask for business and see how you can serve them as well in their business.Best wishes and good luck.

I understand where you are coming from as we always did our taxes on turbo tax as well until we purchased rental properties.