I also want to prove to myself and my team that I am capable of producing an official accredited Investor. 

Should I be looking at places that have incomes that are smaller perhaps than a certain % of the average home price because it could signify that those in the area wouldn't be as capable of purchasing a home?

I’ve bought HOA foreclosures in FL before and I get spam letters from lawyers about fighting the remaining HOA fees after an auction.

If you  personally have more than one buyer that would fight over buying it, without even seeing the thing, then the open market probably has hundreds who would do the same. 

I'm capable of doing a roof myself; however, I have no desire to do so.

Along the way however, I have stumbled into REI through a friend, at first I got a small taste and brushed it off thinking I wasn't ready or not capable of doing it.

Make sure the potential buyer is capable of making the payments and be very careful of doing a lease option to another investor (you lose control over who is actually living in your home).3.

We have a serious set of capabilities that we would like to dedicate to this effort!

He didn't put up a fight (like he had before when I had resisted the placement of this tenant).

I was focusing on the capabilities of the tenant, but didn't consider the capabilities of the government.