Ultimately found the property on zillow while in England had my agent give me all the info on it, and do a FaceTime walk through.

I'm personally a big fan of the house hacking option as a way to start out (and in general).

I'm not a fan of snakes and just hearing your story puts me on edge.A normal exterminator likely would not handle something like this....I would reach out to ABC Wildlife. 

The only light is the overhead light on the fan, which is harsh when you're laying down in bed. 5) Convenient place to charge cellphones.

Ideally I have about 100k to spendMulti families, SFH , townhomes maybe , not a fan of apartments Any and all ideas appreciated :)

No one can time when the $HIT will hit the fan and you are going to be hit harder if you do not have income producing assets, but this may not be the time to leverage yourself to the hilt.

I might be biased but there’s some great areas in New England.

I'm a big fan of that book as well :). 

Dust overloaded the fan and damaged the firebox and etc.

@Noah Spiegel - I’m still a fan of out of state investing.