However, now being able to work fully remote we'd like to explore transforming these into a business/rental properties.What are the first steps to figuring this out?

They met all my criteria, but I haven't pulled the trigger on it because I am exploring my options.

I spent half of my career as a Mechanical Engineer and the other half in various IT roles (all for major corporations).After looking unsuccessfully for another W2 job for the first month, it became apparent to me that I really didn't want to report to someone else as the "boss" again, so I began exploring real estate investing as an option.

Great advice, I've been slowly exploring the site and still trying to get a grasp of how things work around here.

And maybe explore ways to expand your income in that field.

The only reason these fans would keep burning out is that there wasn't enough ventilation, but with 3 roof vents and soffit vents around the house, that shouldn't have happened.As we again had the fan replaced a few weeks ago, I explored the attic and noticed that I couldn't find the vent holes that were obvious from the roof.

I am very interested in wholesaling and have just started to really explore it.

This environment is tough on the non conventional homes so this exploration would let you know if this home will qualify and if it will be an easy flip.

You maybe absolutely correct, I am just exploring options and hoping for positive advice from others in the same situation.

In that case, I'd set up separate bank accounts for each property involving a partner (or probably set up an LLC before that and have that bank account for any partnership deals going forward).As far as bookkeeping software, that's another question I have and will likely explore that in a separate message thread but I'm using MS Money right now to track income/expenses and have considered moving to Quickbooks.