Quote from @Bryan Hall: The first thing I recommend you do is learn how to analyze property.

I'm not recommending any course of action just stating what actually happens. 2.

Really wouldn't recommend Turbo ... for your scenario, you have several interesting facts that the prompts and questionnaires are not best suited for.   

But the rest of my recommendations stand.

Never twice.I recommend you start a relationship with an accountant, since your understanding of taxes is shaky.

I recommend talking to your CPA, but it's my understanding that as long as it's not a cruise, education of this nature is a write off, regardless of the country :) Again, I highly recommend talking to your CPA to confirm how to go about this! 

I would 100% recommend.

Cody is beautiful, as is Sheridan, Ten Sleep, Buffalo, etc.If you are focused strictly on flipping, I recommend researching to see which areas are growing the fastest and jump in front of that growth.

Here is a list of 17 metros in the US that have population larger than 900k and median house price is below 400k:Which metro you recommend and which metro you don't recommend?

I would recommend to continue doing more research on the markets your interested in and reach out to other people here about their experience in the state your looking to invest in.