Side note: I couldn't fit this into each chart's description but I would like to say 1) Many of highest ranking counties based on rent/purchase price (1% (or 2%) rule) are false positives because there is not enough demand; these would be low population/ frontier counties.

The cost is quite high considering your scenario, however, that's based on a shorter rate lock period. 

I won't be able to invest for another 5-7 years since my wife and I are working on paying off debt and saving up for a down payment on our own home here in Florida, but real estate really interests me so I am trying to learn as much as I can so that when we do decide to dive into it, hopefully there will be several things that I have a decent base in.

  $50 on $500 is a large jump, but on $1500 it isn't. 

The only way I can make this happen is jumping into it full throttle and scaling it to the moon.

I'm not sure about your market, but the housing authority sets the rent based on comps submitted here in Atlanta. 

Of course not.If you consider the fact that if you have no money, you would be better off going to McDonald's, getting a job, working for 4 months saving up a decent marketing budget, and THEN attempting wholesaling, your chances of success FAR supersede the chances of doing what is cheap (but with a terrible success rate).People, understand this.You do not seek success based on what you have.You need to figure out WHAT YOU NEED to become successful and get it.

I based out of Houston, TX and been doing title research mostly using the county clerk site.

Turo seems very difficult to do remotely based on the feedback I have received from a good friend that has copious amounts of transactions with Turo.

The opposite also holds true.As a REI, trying to judge if an area is a good area to buy as a rental, is and always will be based on the ability to CF.