Your potential advantage here over a younger person is you have access to 55+ communities that you can house hack, which if the numbers work out and the HOA isn't a micro-kingdom, is just as viable.

It did not make me want to be a banker but gave me a good base skill set.1/training and a very analytical approach2/how a bank evaluates credit risk and underwrites loans3/access to hundreds of loans to read through how they were structured and what covenants are in placeGood luck.

I know that I would have a better selection of multifamily properties to choose from (instead of Realtor.com or Zillow) if I had an agent to work with and access to their MLS listing.

I chose the small brokerage route, where I have access to my principal by phone 10am-9pm daily, though there is little to no technology available, and there was no formal training programs.

There are many things to consider like jobs, curb appeal, interior and exterior work that needs to be done, request actual numbers, amenities, storage, parking, public transportation stops, access, nearby schools, nearby parks, and nearby retail.Good luck to you! 

However when you refinance after a 1031 is complete they don't have the same heart burn and you are seen as accessing equity by placing a debt on the property. 

Termador is the best chemical to treat termites in accessible areas but again, you need a branch II pest control license for that.

"§ 214 (F) THE TENANT HAS UNREASONABLY REFUSED THE LANDLORD ACCESS TO THE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING NECESSARY REPAIRS OR IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED BY LAW OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHOWING THE HOUSING ACCOMMODATION TO A PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER, MORTGAGEE OR OTHER PERSON HAVING A LEGITIMATE INTEREST THEREIN;"  If your trying to sell the tenant has to let you in for repairs or you can evict

I spent my first 5 years on ships with minimal access to phones and internet. 

This comes down how easy can the they access wire to pull.Gutting a wire job on a house means cutting holes at rate top of the ceiling to access the old and pull new wire .and many other holes in drywall.