Any favorite resources you can suggest would be great!

I've had luck before getting rid of smoke smell with this method.Worst case scenario, if it doesn't work, you can clean the walls, ceilings, doors, replace carpet like Max suggested and then repaint.

If you want to continue doing it, I would suggest that you have a back-up payment method like Cozy.co already in place and make sure that the tenants know what it is and how to use it BEFORE it's necessary.

Wow.... 500k, my suggestion is multi family buying one house at a time will take a lifetime.

My question for y'all is more suggestion based or what would y'all do  and what your ideas may be.   

Any suggestions welcome.

I would suggest saving up some money before you dive into real estate.

I would suggest trying to purchase your first house hack.

Any PM that suggests that a wait and see strategy is a good idea is lazy and only avoiding doing their job.

Obviously, you want to minimize all expenses, but I suggest that if loan costs put you over the top in the aggregate, it was a lousy deal to begin with."