You can learn to do this independently or get a rockstar REALTOR to lead the way.

.- (Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation) offers the 5-Star Texas Advantage Program which provides down payment assistance. 

Redfin.com, and Realtor.com are really good for looking at school ratings, for crime you will want to look at the census bureau, or even this website https://www.areavibes.com/orlando-fl/rock+lake/

From there it's vital that you're getting clicks (need good property title, good pictures) and that clicks turn into bookings (again good professional bookings, good amenities, something other properties don't have), and lastly, 5-star reviews from those first bookings.

BTW: I feel like I've met a movie star just to have you comment on one of my posts, LOL!

You're buying nice furniture, chasing 5-star reviews, and probably handling all the PM.

And is walking into a turnkey ready to rock building, the seller (whom I am presuming is now broke, but that may not be the case) even left the tables and chairs behind, all ready to have plates full of unethical inorganic genetically modified red meat dipped in butter placed on them. 

I mean, most of these people are in a rock and a hard place and need help. 

If you have 100 good reviews and then you get a one star from her your ratings won't even drop.However, most guests only have a few reviews.

My sister has a decent sized rental portfolio and has seen her cash flow totally eroded over the past 5 years even after refinancing all the properties to rock bottom interest rates during the pandemic due to the tax increases, and many of them are more than 2/3 of the way paid off.