It has been a few months since I have been in the area, but I would say that your best bet for a cash flowing property would be heading towards Hermitage on Route 70 or south of I40 heading towards Gladeville.

- background Condo is coming out of an Estate Sale and needs work - recent market activity, data from last month, similar units -  (1) Estate Sale - As-Is - listed for $129,000 - sold for $134,000 - (2) Well maintained /Updated - listed for $149,900 sold for $154,900 - admittedly might not be looking at this correctly in that (2) might not be relevant - thank you for helping me

brokerage community is your best bet.

No point waiting unless they do still have an active lease.

So given my situation... great credit, stable job, good source of income best bet would be conventional.

Your best bet, as I see it, would be to live there and purchase another property as a rental, or sell and move into something more suited for a rental/house hack.

A teenager and a toddler so you can only imagine how active and alive my life is.

And that extends to your employees.The one way you can get into trouble is if they are performing a "brokerage activity."

If you and your partner are thinking about house hacking by buying a multi-plex with a VA loan, make sure the brokers you talk to are well versed in those types of loans.As for managing while being active duty, it's all about building up your team and processes. 

The purpose of this reply is that the result of all that credit activity plunged my 800 credit score down to a 500 almost overnight.