Small twist...with a wife and toddler to support, a sizable mortgage and a hefty school loans, I have little to no capital to invest myself!

House hacking should be a mandatory course in all public schools nowadays!  

She is a single mother with an adult daughter that has just graduated high school and i think will be going to community college.  

I went to school up there and visit whenever I can.

I'm from Miami, FL and have only recently begun to take the whole real estate investment thing serious after finishing school.

rewiring and old house is a pain i'm assuming its plaster and lathe. probably most of the 15k was for labor just to get to the wires, if a guy could trace  where the wires are routed maybe you could get a couple high school or college kids to sawzall out just enough channels so the sparky could refeed wires then cover the whole thing with rock, sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt. a 100 amp service is not alot for three units. 

Your business has no history of revenue streams, no credit and no experience.  

Thus allowing me to focus more of my time and energy into investing in my brand/ building my own businesses.Obstacle: Currently I am on the hunt for an experienced FHA lender who accepts credit scores between 600-620 (due to having less than 2 years of established credit history and 2 accounts in collections, one is completely paid off but remains on report, the other is from school and is only $991) To build my credit I have 2 credit cards, I only utilize 10% monthly and pay in full & on time.

So how do other people here get knowledge on things like crime rates, trends of rent prices, schools, job demographics, etc.?

3. 2 duplex in san jose, and another rental for our family where school is good.