On the other hand, investors who rely heavily on debt markets tend to respond swiftly to macroeconomic factors like rising interest rates, concentrating on large, management-intensive projects, and adjusting their price targets based on their evolving cost of capital and future cash flow projections.The top end of the market sees a limited number of marketed investment deals, but the sluggish transaction activity is not due to a lack of supply at the lower end.

If that $100k investment threshold is something you've come across before, and see it in your future then I would look at starter-ish price homes in a growing areas and buy one slightly distressed one and add some work to it, plus keep rest for reserves.

Additionally, there is NO verbiage that states the Landlord cannot impose verbiage in a Lease of a non-pet owner to prevent future pet ownership...

I'm in my upper 50s and would like to retire in 8-10 years with $3000 in passive income from RE investments.

When you've been "saving for the future" for all your life, there's no point at which you envision stopping saving because "the future" never arises.

Real estate generates a return through cash flow + appreciation.It appears that cash flow is negativeAppreciation appears to be 0% over 2-3 years based on zillowThe question is what you beleive the future will hold for cash-flow and appreciation.Cash-flow will likely continue to be negativeThe question is what do you think about the appreciation for the bay area.If the property continues to stay at $850,000, it will likely not be a good decision to hold on to the property.If you think the property can appreciate to $900,000, $950,000 over a few years, then it can potentially be a good reason to hold. 

Branson is still on my future list possibility but I will probably stick with Taney County.

I was thinking the future tenant would have a living room and the dining room area (small square area) would be the future bedroom.

Been told specifically that "this loan officer here will write them"...and then you call that loan officer and they aren't even at that company anymore. 

The actual occupants are listed in my "Occupancy" paragraph or I write it out near the end under Additional Provisions.