She is a senior level manager and I am an engineer, to sum it up, I make about 1/4 of our income which last year was over mid 6 figures... we do fairly well together but have discussed the possibility of diversifying as we are heavily invested in our current company.  

Residential loans do care about personal income but commercial loans will rely VERY heavily on the property itself. 

We will be relocating to NE Ohio from Gila Bend, Arizona after the school year and will be investing heavily there.

Separately, I am WAY more heavily invested in the LA area, where I live - more on the development side than anything close to TK because prices are high, and cap rates are impossible to make money on, so you have to build your way into it.

Im in a downtown area with tons  of walkable restaurants, bars, etc and heavily populated residential.  

From speaking with another (actual) investor, I learned that this group operated heavily in the Stockton and Sacramento area.Bottom line: if you come across someone who tells you that you have to pay to learn from them, I would suggest to continue looking - it is possible that you may learn something from the "education," but, in higher likelihood, you'd only end up deeper in debt, or worse, in a bad RE deal that they could not find anyone else to sell to.There are plenty of honest people still around, many are successful and some of those have blogs and podcasts that you can learn from for free (although, they still seem to have something to sell you, but it is a fair trade off.)

Because we are heavily invested in the area, the city is bringing in thousands of jobs, and the University of Arizona is continually expanding, we were confident that homes would appreciate substantially over the next few years.

But I can certainly do comparisons with other nearby long-term rentals on AirBnB, and the 4BR places seem to be heavily booked.

I sprayed the carpet heavily, let it dry, and sprayed one more time.  

Otherwise I would just worry about stacking capital and committing heavily to learning more.