Living in Maine now so hoping to branch out into MF and scale cashflow in order to have more freedom...I still need to build a solid plan around the loose outline floating in my head, but in the meantime I'm consuming podcasts starting from #1 and reading every book I can on the subject. 

But I'm struggling with deciding whether I should pay off my consumer debt first or save to have my cash reserve for my first investment opportunity.

Congrats on having no consumer debt and cash in the bank. 

But what's going on beneath the surface is that an all-consuming fear runs through the place.Don't get sick. 

My father recently passed away, he left behind a modest amount of assets.

We've purchase very modest 2/1 houses with a small yard and garage/carport and they've been pretty steady.

Like any contract or lease agreement, you should consult an attorney about drafting one as well as any ancillary steps you ought to take to avoid consumer finance protection scrutiny.

It looks like it will be very time consuming and expensive over the next year for an out of state owner.

Therefore they have become JV partners, after being involved for a few months a couple of them have told me that this business is way too complicated and time-consuming, therefore just keep them periodically updated and let them know when we make some money, LOL.Case in Point.  

Currently that's my only source of consumer debt outside of my cheap car and it'd be great to have that off my shoulders.I've considered renting out the condo down the line, but the #s don't really add up to me and more than likely would be 4+ hours away from the unit in the next few years so would need a property management company which makes cashflow that much worse.