Resign yourself to staying at your job and being the best you can be at it. 

I own an e commerce company and my wife stays home so I figure I could use my expertise and her time, plus my fathers mls capabilities to continue the revenue stream and grow it.

If you are ever interested in doing any private lending let me know, we have more leads (we mainly stay in the Nashville market) than we can finance.

Most investors start with their personal residence, then buy an SFR investment property or two (maybe 2-4 unit residential) and then move onto 10-20+ units and eventually 100+ units if they stay in the game that long.I saw you messaged me about Phoenix, so I'll ask you more details there.

Unfortunately, the house stayed on the marketing for longer than I had hoped and most of the feedback we received was mixed.

You need to call housing authority asking about codes.Majority of tenants will stay.

Not to mention all the realtors, in my area there are a couple of realtors that spend $100k/month to stay on top.

Personally try to stay away from resort condos that don't allow outside managers.

I never would have thought I'd end up here (my wife's hometown), much less feel as good as I do about staying here for the long haul.  

My mom has been in the business for over 40 years and has told me several times that in general, the good tenants stay with the ones that take care of the property.