Do a web search, find some meetings and meet some people.

I was wondering with those property owners who are pet friendly, what do they do to secure a win-win situation??

Either way, having your husbands income will help give them security from an income standpoint and an additional guarantor.Best of luck!

Do you homework on the county web sites and ensure you are not bidding on useless land such as roads, non buildable lots, etc.  

Assuming rents are market and not inflated with no waiving of security deposit or first months free then net without immediate capex might be somewhere around 145,827.That would be around an 7 cap for a C property if you are evaluating properly and it's not really a D at 2,100,000.

Given that it's sovereign land, how secure is the investment?

They would secure the loan using the properties as collateral.  

I recommend you attend some meetings (they are easy to find with a web search).

Hello everyone I'm an audio tech from NY my wife is a middle school teacherWe are looking to invest in real estate  in order to secure some savings for our two kids and maybe even provide extra income for ourselves as well. 

If you are a sole proprietorship you get stuck with 15% social security/medicare on your net profits.