@Alex BorczykFor starters, you are in the right place to get the education ball going. 

My husband and I each have our own businesses and a shared home office space. 

What's the best option with low DP then the traditional 20%.. lastly of you have a awesome lender who is creative and can make it happen, please share contact Info. thanks 

Where are the best places (in person or online) to find qualified buyers for investment properties?

I hope to learn from someone who can share their experience on here.

Industrial is a good place to be next 10 yrs IMO.

If you have experience with long-term holds on the northside and are willing to look at a couple of the deals I've analyzed and share your insights, I'd be very grateful.In the meantime, I'm starting to think creatively about other strategies - looking for off market deals, pooling funds with friends, etc.

Exactly what @John Underwood said @Jesse Kedy.Go out to VRBO and AirBNB and look at places in the area.

So that means if you're living in it, you are not hacking for free, you're paying your fair share of the rent and some of your tenant's rent.   

As I have been reading a lot of terrible experiences and stories about landlords getting burned due to tenants simply taking their softness for granted and especially taking advantage of a lot of elderly homeowners to live in the places for free and in some cases even filing lawsuits against landlords to simply make money out of them.