Furthermore, I just started my real estate courses where I am aiming to get my real-estate license.After reading your post I do have several questions for you:1.

Virginia;MilitaryBackground StoryI bought a duplex in November 2016 in Virginia but after I bought the property I hired a PM because I had to move to Mississippi for 9months and I had nobody in VA to overlook the property and collect rentI inherited 1 tenant and my PM acquired the other side.Predicament (because I'm nervous) & QuestionsPredicament I want to get rid of my PM because I want to have the stress of being a Landlord with small quantity of Units so when I acquire more units in future and hire a PM I will know everything there is to know or at least enough to not get toyed around and taken advantage of.Ive read Brandon Turners Book, For dummies book, Virginia Landlord and Tenant Act which were beneficial.

@Jason Hirko read my mind.

CST. (1) Read MoreIm pulling all the data for Harris County but planned on Fort Worth or Dallas in the near future

Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read my rookie introduction!

Thank you for reading and sorry for the long post I tried to keep it short. 

For the past couple of months, I have been reading books and I have been listening to the Bigger Pockets Podcast.

(Due to circumstance - more so than some freedom walkout retirement announcement)When applying for a commercial loan - I've read that the loan is based mostly on the property's income to loan servicing amount.What impact will not having a W2 have in this process?

For the most part that is true however, after reading a book called "The Deallionaire" by investor John Lee from Missouri (He was a guest on the Jennifer Hammond show), He talks about selling properties that he has bought  for less than $1000 using both conventional and unconventional means such as advertising a property via craigslist, social media marketing or selling through realtors and word of mouth.I'm mainly looking to venture into North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas and possible New Jersey for this.I have heard both John Lee and Ankit Duggal (A guest on Bigger Pockets show) mention buying into tax deed/tax liens AFTER the main auctions by simply requesting a list of properties that were still unsold. 

Although I work Monday-Friday 8-5, I'm constantly reading/listening/looking at real estate in my spare time, and I'm ready to commit fully to a part-time RE career.Any advice would be greatly appreciated, BPers!