Pick something fun and interesting that will attract people to your meetup on a regular basis.* Initially, you will have some meetups where either only a few people show up or none at all.

I don't mind charging lower rents (as long as the numbers work with my plans), but am I going to be stuck at today's low income rental rates while regular rental prices skyrocket?

I am not a CPA so I would ask this question ahead of time, but to my understanding a regular investment property does not qualify as active income even if you are self managing.

I do understand supply and demand.

Contractors are expensive and in short supply.  

https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in November-Single-family home sales rebounded from a slight decline in October, rising 3.9 percent with 8,320 units sold versus 8,010 in October 2020;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes dropped from 46 to 35;-Total property sales rose 5.6 percent with 10,216 units sold;-Total dollar volume increased 20.6 percent to $3.7 billion;-The single-family average price rose 12.6 percent to $383,807; -The single-family median price increased 16.3 percent to $314,000 – an all-time high first reached in June of 2021; -Single-family home months of inventory registered a 1.6-months supply, down from 2.1 months year-over-year and below the national inventory of 2.4 months;-On a year-to-date basis, single-family homes sales are 12.0 percent ahead of 2020’s record pace and 22.2 percent ahead of 2019.

Less Supply rents go up. 

Houston Real Estate Highlights in NovemberSingle-family home sales rebounded from a slight decline in October, rising 3.9 percent with 8,320 units sold versus 8,010 in October 2020;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes dropped from 46 to 35;Total property sales rose 5.6 percent with 10,216 units sold;Total dollar volume increased 20.6 percent to $3.7 billion;The single-family average price rose 12.6 percent to $383,807; The single-family median price increased 16.3 percent to $314,000 – an all-time high first reached in June of 2021; Single-family home months of inventory registered a 1.6-months supply, down from 2.1 months year-over-year and below the national inventory of 2.4 months;On a year-to-date basis, single-family homes sales are 12.0 percent ahead of 2020’s record pace and 22.2 percent ahead of 2019.Townhome/condominium sales rose 16.8 percent with the average price up 16.0 percent to $258,970 and the median price up 10.5 percent to $210,000;Single-family home rentals rose 7.1 percent with the average rent up 8.5 percent to $2,042; Townhome/condominium leases increased 5.1 percent with the average rent up 3.8 percent to $1,737.Source HAR 

What about the ridges and starter courses, just regular shingles or special ones.Any water/freeze protection at the drip edge by both(???)

If your income is low, now may actually be a better time to sell off some Bitcoin, before regular income pushes you into higher tax brackets.