My first purchase, first property, I had a great realtor.

@John Paul Palace their bggest challenge is finding competent PMCs to recommend to their clients.That's what most of the negative feedback here on BP is about them - which is UNFAIR as they're selling a rental property, NOT PMC services.Recommend you do your own due diligence on PMCs before just going with their recommendation.

Unfortunately, my experience has also been they Sec 8 tenants have generally been rougher on property. 

Seriously, it's important.And as mentioned above, the amount of rent you receive on multi-family properties is based on 12 month rental comps.  

Also as I understand it qualification for these loans are based on the property as opposed to the borrower.

Figure out how to actually analyze property and practice.

@Zach Howard the winter months are also the worst time to sell a property!

That said, you will need to make sure the property meets the definition of rural first.

Green for low and red for high property values.

Getting into almost any property in Charlottesville for under $200,000 is quite the feat.