I have both of those skills and am humble enough to take feedback and apply it to better myself as a person. 

My only concern is my schedule changes all the time meaning the days I’m not scheduled to work can change to now I’m working.

(It could take 8 years to get to today’s market rent, if market rent didn’t increase $1 during those 8 years.  

Either way I recommend listening to all the episodes of Glen Sutherland’s podcast “A Canadian investing in the US”Hey Zorya!

We do lending and we ask the question - if you have been doing this for ten years and don't have any money where did it all go? 

Consider all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.

Taking advantage of this investor friendly window would be worth it!

Even though I am in south central Pennsylvania, I have the ability to lend in all 50 states.  

You need to take a longer-term view of how it's likely to perform in the future.

If I protect my numbers, interest rates would have to be 3.5% or so in order for a 1% house to work (assuming 20% down), which means for $3000 rental revenue to work, the debt load would have to be about $235K at that interest rate (give or take with variable taxes and insurance numbers).