I haven’t bought a property for a couple years and I’m looking to get back into the game.

I have thought about trying the STR game, but there seems to be a lot more work that goes into them over the long term or you need to be able to find people who can run all the systems for you. 

If you borrow 100% of the purchase price, you have no skin in the game and it's easy to walk away.

Most investors say their actual expense rate is closer to 50%, but for investors who do their own repairs and are on top of their game easily get their expense rate to a little less than 30% meaning much higher returns on their investment. 

You just have to wait it out and play the game, hoping you'll get reimbursed somewhere down the line.

Prior to that I had Hughesnet for six years-they were the only game in town-and it was a very torturous time.  

And as Nathan said, you live in The Worst state for landlords.......if you insist on doing business there, you'd better make sure you know the rules of the game...you may have got off easy this time....

Add some bunks to that game room and you just increased your sleeping capacity and therefor your revenue. 

Have purchased a large number of homes like this over years and it is simply a risk reward game. 

You mentioned that you’re pretty young in the credit game.