Hey all! I am super new to real estate investing as I bought my first house in Southern Pines, NC end of 2016 that I currently live in. It has a good rental market being close to golf courses and Fort Bragg but now I ...

I am currently active duty Air Force and I am getting ready to move to Las Vegas for my next duty station, I'm originally from small town Iowa and currently living in Texas.

@William DavisI can't answer your question, nor can anyone else without knowing the process of accomplishing "a way to minimize your tenant's rent without losing money".I like the sound of "making our air cleaner without switching from gas vehicles" but not if the strategy is killing half the population of people who drive gas vehicles.People are "so quick to judge or make fun of the idea when you don't even know what is" because we don't know what it is and making blanket statements/ asking generic questions and saying "I cant say" when people ask what you're talking about - sounds sketchy.

Having a quality property manager on our team helped make this a great hands-off investment that fit our family's lifestyle. 

@Lynsey Dreis, thanks for the tip.

If you buy in the bad part of town, you will have issues attracting quality tenants.

We're coming at it from this angle, but looking for any other suggestions.Any tips for getting the variance approved? 

If you could, recommend me a school in that area that you know is quality and reliable.

The biggest tip I can think of : make sure you find a realtor who specializes in working with investors, typically they will have investment properties of their own.

Even at 500/unit, I'd still be elated just to keep vacancy as close to nil - and I understand, that may not be the best route either because of the quality of tenant - yet, I've narrowed down a couple of Property Mgmt companies in the area that seem to be reputable, and have been the ones that the real estate agents recommended, too.