After paying off student loans (180k) invest most of the cash flow into diversified investments of my choice, and give back to me, God, family & friends, and charities of my choice.Can you tell I am reading and have probably been reading for too long? 

Success is a process, failure is a choice

At that point they had him receiving paid holidays and  a weeks  vacation. however he pretty much operated like a sub contractor, we asked him to start work at 9 due to tenants sleeping and getting ready for work, he insisted he needed to work 7-3 because he had a second job at night and wanted to beat traffic. ok.. we had a couple problems with tenants complaining they would be woke up by him entering the apartment while they were still asleep and getting ready for work.

A sale with a delayed escrow might also be  fitting description The way things are going with lease options in the courts and with the CFPB I would just do lease purchase arrangements with buyers that have a good chance of getting a mortgage, getting market rent, and having someone that wants to buy the property, not just a chance to buy it or the choice to buy it with an option.

you have made an excellent choice!

Also,  it is not uncommon to switch brokerages after a year or two - so whatever choice you make is not necessarily a life long decision.   

., don't want to sit on land or vacancies while waiting for the market to turn)--I'm also open to renting low-income/Section 8/Housing Choice Vouchers.  

I am looking for advice in the bathtub choice.

Property values are school district driven and with 23 School Districts you have choices to meet your investing objectives.

I'll add that I prefer to keep my rents reasonable which gives me a wider choice of tenants, tenants that tend to stay longer and they usually rent out pretty quickly.