JV's are all relative.

Has left the home and lives with relative now.

Appeals to tenants who are tech-savvy but not comfortable just shooting over the money on Venmo or whatever.More recently I rented to friends-of-friends who are about my age, hippie millennials like me.

Generally, if you're buying turnkey, you're getting a deal relatively close to market (unless it's a shyster, you need to vet turnkey companies carefully) but in a cash flow market with all of the management and maintenance and what not in place.

I live in a relatively small town in central Texas with a population somewhere around 21,000.  

I was told the area is good for investment properties since it is close to the Strip and the stadium and the community is relatively newer than Henderson. 

I can relate to your goal of leaving the "rat race" and pursuing your passion for RE Investing.

On one hand they are great tenants, they pay on time and are relatively low key, easy to deal with.

I'm obviously interested in things REI related, but also tech, psychology, and many other topics. 

You can most likely use a co-borrower (relative) to help qualify for an FHA loan at 3.5% down.