If you’re in Kansas, Nebraska, or Wyoming – your options are limited to non-existent (I don’t mean to denigrate brokers in small markets, but it just isn’t possible to be a specialist and make a living in many areas.

The goal of most all investors is to get non-retail pricing (that doesn't necessarily mean wholesale pricing though).

In any situation, you can't discriminate against anyone, but in a non-section 8 situation, if you get multiple applications, you can screen for the best credit, longest lease, etc and that just puts the landlord more in control, and with more flexibility.  

I think my plan forward with be a mix of turnkey and non turnkey. 

It was the last non-student rental on the street, and was being sold by an older couple downsizing. 

Keep saving up your pennies for a down payment and read one non fiction book per week and you'll be very wealthy. 

Whereas a well would provide access to an underground fresh water source.Many older rural homes would have a cistern for non-consumable water needs such as toilets, washing machine and outdoor faucets. 

You'll get there.A non-obvious book I would incorporate into your reading schedule is "How to Study in College" by Walter Pauk.

Non traditional lending may see this as an opportunity to cash in.  

Along with that, my thought was a side note agreement to pay say $500 per month for 10 years which would really help with their medical bills.