Regulations can change and you can get a better feeling by looking for news articles or press talking about potential changes as well as going into local Airbnb FB groups.

One of my friends was in NY once walking down the street and due to the huge amount of people he accidentally stepped on a mans shoe.

Real estate can be another one of those things that you just have to press through, until it doesn't give you butterflies to knock on a door, talk to a seller and make an offer.  

I come by real estate investing as a newbie quite accidentally.  

So unless it is a 2-season rental (something in the Lakes Region that is also near enough to ski-resorts to attract some winter renters), I think you'd be hard-pressed to make the cash flow equal a 12-month lease type of investment with the same cost to acquire and stabilize, let alone achieve the additional cash flow necessary for the hassle of a vacation rental to be worthwhile.

@David Goings, I echo what @Jeremy Pace said: without verifiable and reliable income you are going to be hard pressed to get anywhere with a bank. 

You would be hard pressed to add that kind of scope of work under a 203k loan anyway.There's no more books that are going to help you through closing.

http://www.yardi.com/news/press-releases/yardi-matrix-monthly-real-estate-market-report-u-s-rent-growth-strong-in-august/

You need to make sure you don't "accidentally" go unconditional.

My fiance has a child and my mobility is limited, so I am hoping to do some business in Tulsa or Oklahoma city in order to fund the move.I am looking to get into wholesaling and I feel like I know enough to where I wont be one of the large numbers who get into lots of trouble or accidentally attempt to screw other investors over by trying to take too much meat off of a deal that had no meat to begin with...