The other aspect of providing income to live on which you mentioned was one of your goals, through apartments is being a passive investor in syndication deals which would provide you a return on the money you invest which would provide passive income to you and if working with experienced operators in a deal you will also be able to learn on how these guys are doing what you want to do in the future which is be an active full time real estate investor.

However, there have been numerous work orders for the property this year, and the crews would no doubt have observed this issue and should have reported it back for repair prior to my receiving the citation.

Your biggest asset will be your mind, it's all about critical thinking.What are your specific goals?

The ones that think they do are usually following the traditional BP model...and they'd be wrong.You have to "reverse engineer" it, starting from your Financial Goals, and working your way to where you are right now.  

It is very dependent on your investment goals, style, tolerance, risk factors, convenience and so much more.

Everyone has different goals, you haven't mentioned anything about what your future plans are.  

As a result, I've built some smaller goals for myself in order to better prepare for what my REI journey will look like. 

I am currently renting and verified that we'd be covered if there was any damage during the hurricanes prior to.

My goal is to at least get another buy and hold deal next year. 

Realtor.com, etc.) and still I haven't achieved my goal of acquiring my first investment property.The properties that I had my eyes set on at the auctions/sheriff sale have all been stayed (every time).