A house hack via FHA can get a 4 unit and a basement, which would be ideal and create major cash flow and equity creation, plus you can not worry about a property manager and boost your yield.Personally, I am very bullish on New York and NYC itself.

The less headache the better for so new properties would be more ideal.

Ideally all of your properties will increase in value over time and your rental income exceeds the expenses while the home appreciates.Many people use mortgages to buy rentals. 

His website: https://www.sutlaw.comThe ideal situation is to have an LLC for each state you have properties.

One of the job prospects that I think I'll get an offer from is a position I can work remotely which would be IDEAL!

Ideally you would find a 2/2 within .25 miles from the subject.

Perhaps the inspector would let you slide with videos and pics of when the walls were opened.

The low-hanging fruit is gone, but if you're willing to work hard by getting off the beaten path and overturning a lot of rocks, you can be quite successful.And there are several resources - quite a few folks here on Bigger Pockets and the many specific BP posts and forums from those knowledgeable Investors & Owners, your State Self Storage Association, podcasts, You Tube Videos, and some of us even have written books and/or have meetings and trainings too.In other words, there's quite a bit at your disposal. 

You're in a small town, look into the social scene for small towns.To do this consider joining the Moose, the Elks, the Eagles, the Rotarian, the Free Masons, the Chamber of Commerce, etc...Figure out which ones are more business oriented vs blue collar--and mix and make friends....most are just drinking clubs so you have to be 21), be accepted and pay a yearly fee.https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hwqok

If you look at YouTube, Jerry Norton has a 10 minute video on ballpark estimating for wholesalers.