I haven't run the numbers on a SFR, but that may be your best bet with the budget. 

However, I had contingency plans in place to report him if it ever came to that.After he moved away, my neighbors told me the person who sold me the house was worried this guy would scare me off and had the mail order minister scale back his activities until after I moved in.

I am 31yrs old married with 5 kids. work a fulltime gig and want to get a little more active in Hampton roads concerning real-estate investing.

I bet there are plenty of owners in East Cleveland that would pay you to take properties off their hands.

If not, that's already a violation of the lease, but you'd have to let him actually move her in to be in violation.Best bet, give him his broker fee back and tell him you changed your mind.

If you do this and run out of days you may need to “stack” some of your activities.

I'm curious, who is actively marketing AND closing deals.

I would expect a payment after every major activity is complete.

Its an active, manufacturing business. 

You'll find them a variety of ways: expired listings, landlords who have filed for eviction, probate sellers, pre-foreclosures, and as referrals from active agents, just to name a few methods.