So I was hoping that there was a section on Bigger Pockets where I could post what I'm looking for, and some lucky landlord on this site would say "yeah kevin, i've got an apartment in Westwood that would be perfect - give me a call". 

I currently own the home that i am living in and i feel that i am in the perfect situation to begin investing due to the fact that i have tons of equity on the house and currently have an open HELOC on the house.

In a perfect world owner financing would be welcome.

If you buy and then sell under 1031 a few months later, you might get away with it once if you can show you intended to hold it longer (life does happen), but if you do that a couple times the IRS will catch on fast. 

Painting never comes out as good as you think, you can get close to perfect but its tough.

John Dombrowski unless I'm missing something it shows a perfectly on my phone as you tag people

The property is in pretty good shape, the owner is a contractor and has a tendency to try to make things perfect. 

Whether it be just cleaning in between guests or handling everything from listing, decorating, handling the online necessities or finding the perfect Airbnb investment.

It was in a neighborhood and in 95% perfect condition (we might have gotten in the house through an open door).

The downstairs tenants were forced to move out which wasn't an issue because they were a young family buying a home so the timing was perfect.