I think it's very important to have your spouse's support.

My motivation is to use real estate as a vehicle for reclaiming my time and to stop trading my time for money as well as to support my love of travel.

Does anyone in Maryland have a legal process to advertise and wholesale to houses that are in pre forclosure?

We do wish to see your problem resolved, and so I placed a tech support request on Thumbtack on [Tenant's] behalf.

nor did I want to burn through the lion's share of my cash reserves on a down payment that will be necessary to support me during the first few months of transitioning to a real estate career.

Have enough properties/income to support my family and lifestyle for when I can retire from the military in 8 years.Again thank you for your time, there's much work to do and it's up to me to do it.Have a good one.

One easy way to find a PM who will work with SEC 8 is to see who is advertising on the SEC 8 list. 

You can also look for off market from wholesalers or your own advertising campaign but that can be a bit more risky and you'd have to pay someone out of your own pocket to help with paperwork.

I have even seen a rental advertisement in my area that said not to ask to fix anything prior to move in because that is why the rent is so low.So, many aren’t doing Section 8 because they are too cheap to do a property right, even though they can get above market rent in my area by doing Section 8.

I'd build a reserve fund and once that is met, would payout cashflow each month to partners4) Who handles the day to day operations and support of the tenant?