I would recommend if you are looking for a place to enjoy for yourself in addition to reducing rental income, then just search in an area you enjoy, like SC.You already know the area, you know how much people are paying for rentals in that area, and you know what makes a good rental based on what you enjoy.

Well that fine came along with accrued interest and an additional $5 per day.I bought the house for 19k (which was the fine owed to the city).

Once that situation is settled I'm open to additional investments on the Missouri side.

Additionally, we have a 30 year land lease with a solar company.

This is good because 1) no additional re portable income 2) I know if a tenant is serious or not if they go online and actually do it.

In addition to the financials, you also need local area occpancy rates, local CAP rates, etc.Are they giving you any information (e.g.

Ask for additional details as to what wasn’t clean and where the wall damage was.

We shopped for a long time, purchased conventionally and made additional mortgage payments.  

(I'm single so I will be renting out the additional rooms). 

I’m still very young and looking to start building a portfolio, however, I wanted to grab one of these properties and finance, to free up as much of my (soon to be) capital to begin additional projects.