You could also leave the black berry bushes around the perimeter as a natural fence and then spread wild flower seed and sod a small portion of the yard.

Normally I would like to give someone a variety of options too.

With the vast variety of loans that allow you little money down or no money down (although risky) your purchasing with out pouring your life savings into the property.

I also hope that my lack of knowledge can be mitigated to some degree if I have ten properties in a variety locations compared to a single large basket.

Man, I didn't really realize I had that variety until I wrote that out.

Should help you focus on your goals, or even if you decide you need college.Don't forget your public library.Udemy.com has awesome $10 courses on a wide variety of subjects. 

I like the variety now. 

I like newer brick houses (no painting required), and prefer 3/2 rentals, which make good starter homes, and which will appeal to a large variety of people. 

Hi everyone,I'm Frank from Flower Mound, TX My goal is to use my roofing/construction skills to start flipping houses in Dallas/Forth Worth area.

I also wrote an article about all of my screw ups, although it has a wide variety of screw ups, not just property management screw ups: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/02/04/confessions-serial-mistake-makerreal-estate-success-failure/