Select a larger area that is at least 30 minutes in each direction. with maybe a hand full of exceptions I am pretty sure you would be hard pressed to find a mix that represents the demographic cross section of this country and therefor a wide range of neighborhoods.

Incredible Single Family Home INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY!

Your insights were incredibly helpful and have given me a new perspective on the process.I appreciate the time you took to explain your approach, and I’m excited to apply some of your tips to my own investments.Thanks again for being so generous with your knowledge!

The other issue I find when people draft their own is that if you have a problem and then need an attorney to work with you, it will be much more costly as they now have to learn your contract, vs the one they are familiar with and that is used widely in your area. 

You must work at least 750 hours per year in a qualified RE business.So most people who have high-earning W-2 jobs outside of real estate won't qualify.But the unique thing about RE pro status is that even if you don’t qualify but your spouse does, you can both file jointly and claim the losses from your RE investments to offset your other active income together.It's an incredibly powerful benefit if you do meet the criteria.

TLDR: a bad idea for your primary home, a really bad idea for your LtR and an incredible horrible idea for a STR.

So now you’ve gotten a wide variety of PERSONAL opinions, all based on the individual bias of the posters and their past relationship, feelings, fears, and experiences with THEIR debts.  

VA loans are incredible.

. #3 $2500 for painting (assuming interior) is incredibly low unless you're doing the work yourself.

I like propstream.com mosty for deep and wide (best i;ve found) data/lists and deep dive into individual addresses.