You don't want to write on yellow paper and then copy because you will use a tone of ink.  

-Rent one side out for $2k / Month, covering your entire mortgage-Live "rent free" in the other sideIn this example you just build up a bunch of reserves with whatever cash you have left every month (because you probably will have depleted your reserves in aqcuiring this home).

I will serve in KS/MO states. " If found yourself in a hole the best what you can do is stop digging" Warren Buffet .

Build up some cash and credit and go from there.Hope it helps.

My goal is to build up passive income stream that will allow me to pursue this full time within 3 years.

Either just keep living where you are living and find a SFR or as suggested find a fixer upper, make it your home, then extract the equity for your first SFR.As pointed out before you do any of this you will have to build up your credit score.Whatever you do make sure after the down payment that you have enough cash to cover any major expenses or vacancies that might arise.So to reiterate.1.

By the time you build up months of reserves, I think you would have a good idea of the character and tendencies of you property.

I handwrite envelopes in black or blue ink and use red ink on yellow (small pads) paper.

For example, 2% of $550 sec dep is $11.00 a year minus hard expenses (like stamps, envelopes, ink) minus time.

Wholesaling is a great way to get started so that you can learn the business, build up some capital and eventually move on to other methods of investing.