DIY can also work well, especially if you know people in the market you choose, have connections to reliable contractors etc - your network really makes or breaks this kind of investment because you have to manage all the moving pieces from afar, but it also gives you little more control and could potentially result in higher returns if you get the numbers right.

In an attempt to add value to her and the education they will be providing me, my thought is to hire a friend of mine who produces high quality video content for real estate agents and auctioneers(yes, there will be drone footage).

Even if the single family didn't produce a lot of income, it might be a stronger beginning move.

If you sell that stock and the result is a $100k capital gain, you would pay capital gain tax rates on that when you file your tax return. 

let us know how this works out, I’m really interested in the results!

In other words you receive a 30% tax credit on the solar system as well as a 30% tax credit at the least on the roof that is under the solar system (full roof 30% depends on the advice of your CPA).Couple that with the roof now becoming a producing asset and offsetting the utility bill instead of a liability and the increase in appraised home value assuming the solar system is not leased then going solar makes a lot of sense at the same time as replacing/repairing a roof.So in short you don't "get a roof if you go solar", but there are certainly advantages to adding solar to a roof replacement.

I am asking because I live in Los Angeles, I am planning to start investing in passive income-producing real estate, but I would like to be able to use an FHA loan down the road for my primary residence here in CA.Any help... answers, comments, suggestions... will be highly appreciated.Andrés

@Sean Beksinski - There are several different calculators and each have their own calculations that are done to give the resulting numbers.

It is a bit of a short amount of time but so far I am quite happy with the results of all of them.Here are my IRR for the past two years and IRR for 2018, including change in NAV, including cash sitting idle between deals, etc.

It sounds like you invest in what others would typically call c-d on that a-d scale, meaning lower income areas with higher crime resulting in a perceived less desirable tenant.