You can not afford your present life style.

Control the process and create systems, something it took us a long time to figure out.If everyone knew how amazing of an opportunity real estate if for wealth creation, tax benefits and lifestyle, everyone would be doing it.

We use lifestyles unlimited to find and vet our deals in the Houston area, they are great to work with.

@Dustin Maxey I would attend the Lifestyles Unlimited meetings in either San Antonio or Austin.

I suggest you consider Lifestyles Unlimited which offers great classes on buy & hold real estate investing. 

Or would you wait and try to find a good combination unit to live in / rent out, but possibly face +1 to +2% interest rates.There seem to be a few locations where I might be able to roughly breakeven if I move out 1-2 years from now and rent it out, but they are in suburban areas that far from DC, and as a single guy in his late 30's, it concerns me that I'd end up being a hermit.How would you balance lifestyle vs. investing at this point? 

Once you see their photos you'll get a solid glimpse into what type of lifestyle they live aka how they'll treat your rental. 

I don't use the license at all now, and being an agent never fit my lifestyle.

So much of Scottdale's economy is based on tourism and the snowbird lifestyle.

After listening to a few (hundred) Podcasts I took some advice and reverse engineered my Ideal Lifestyle.