We got to know each other, I observed him working and managing his company and crews, while inspected all the resale and rental projects.

Begin by educating yourself through books like The House Hacking Strategy and podcasts like BiggerPockets, and join online communities for support.

My long term rentals may be boring but they've made fantastic returns.

My math is showing I'll owe $942 a month to cover the gap between the two rental payments.

If you're looking for local data in northern NV check out Address Income there is a rental map with hyper-local rents to use for your underwriting.

I have over a hundred rental units I own and operate in Utah everything from homes and condos to larger multifamily.Salt Lake County has higher property taxes and is basically built out already and Ogden even though you can find good opportunities in the long run it won't be able to compete with South Utah County or Eagle Mountain. 

You'll find that rental property investing isn't scary at all and a great property manager can actually save you more money than they will cost!

What I see most often is property managers get paid a % of the rental revenue.  

A rental in SD 1 (A -C rating) will always have higher demand (and usually higher rent) than the rental down the street in SD 2 (D - F).

Pending property prices in your market perhaps $25,000 is enough to buy a small rental house.