Continue to learn.

I’m also interested in rehabbing a few properties off of Salem or off Main Street by the river with the intention of moving into that neighbourhood as Dayton continues to develop.

He is now 5 and will be starting kindergarten in the district in the fall so that's a huge incentive for us to stay and continue to rebuild financially.

You could continue to pressure the sale, but you may screw the deal.

5.Is continued employment likely? 

I like having educated tenants, who I can communicate with easily (email/text), tend to be cleaner, can pay me online, have jobs and lives that are more stable and keep them busy and mostly out of trouble.They tend to be pretty transparent.

Then within 1 to 2 years move out by buying another place rent your old place out you lived in and continue to increase your positive cash flow.Remember, cash flow is king!!

As for Jobs in Japan, I make top salary in my field in terms of my education. 

You can find lots of success in real estate by educating and networking. 

having spent a decade in the timber business in Oregon I call it Oregon porch time.. these are not inner city dwellers these are folks that you need to sit with and talk  have coffee and build reporte'if the homes are nice and clean and saleable probably tough to buy under market unless your good at looking someone straight in the face and telling them their 300k home is only worth 200k.. that is a moral issue.Also be aware that you CANNOT legally sell a home you are not in title to in Oregon.. its selling real estate with out license and don't listen to all the people from all over the country that wholesale.. many states its an accepted practice in Oregon it is not.Also if your flipping homes IE coming into title you also need a developers license in Oregon  talk to @Karen Margrave she just got an education on this.. the state is cracking down on flippers.. its a 5k fine.. usually 1k first time.