They have large corporations there (United Health, Travelers, 3M,  Xcel Energy, Target, Best Buy, Polaris, etc) and they actually had a balanced budget/surplus before COVID.

Other way i have seen folks do this is pay cash and have a 20 year to 30 year plan.. end up with 10 to 20 Nice quality paid for assets that will give your 10k a month goal.Although I have to say 10k a month does not go very far unless you basically have very little to no debt as you age out and your now self employeed health insurance etc will take a big wack out of that 10k.  10 years from now 10k a month will be worth 7 to 8k maybe in todays dollars.

I'm sorry to hear about your new health challenges, but it sounds like you're staying optimistic about transitioning out of the military.

If you were to take some of the best physical trainers for helping people get in shape and they were to post on a health website that they could help people get results by coaching them, there would still be a majority of people that wouldn't hire them to coach them, even when they help their clients get results.  

Sellers aren't going to want to go back to the open market, where they may get less money and still have carrying costs.I would ask for the health and safety repairs and explain that it is just out of your budget.

In the case of a SA or ESA, you as the landlord has the right to verify the SA or ESA, by request to see documentation and call to verify with the provider to make sure the certification is legit, valid, active and current, and wellness documentation that the animal is in good health, free of parasite, flea, ticks, vaccinated etc...

Check your state health and saftey codes.

One caveat, Nashville is really dependent on healthcare, with many ancillary health services headquartered here, so moves toward nationalized healthcare could affect the local economy in significant ways.For now, I’m going to look for places that are .75% properties/ gross rent multiplier of 10-11/marginally positive cash flows.

These are typically for Master and Doctoral level programs and many of the Health Sciences programs.

Art,I work in healthcare and I've studied a lot about behavioral health.