@Donald Lisiecki:   You seem like you are the ideal client.

and just seems like my ideal outlet for those business thoughts, ideas, and energy. 

I won't use craigslist anymore as it seems to draw the wackos, at least in the areas I deal in.  

I think a service would just follow an A-B-C- plan, which doesn't always work with the kind of tenants I deal with.

The only issue you're going to have is that you'll have to document why the new home will ideal as a primary residence while vacating the current primary (larger home, larger family size, more rooms, better area, etc).

So you were inspired by that movie?  

Ideally, I'd like a little country feel, but not too far away from interstate access ... 

My ideal scenario is to live here for a few years and eventually purchase a single family and keep this for rental income.The house is currently vacant and already has 5 offers.

Not an ideal situation to be in as a buyer.The third major problem is that you suggest you'll only be dealing with 1 loan so that should be easy.

If you are in a hot area full of twenty something professionals then maybe, but the people that rent 500 sq/ft one beds outside of expensive areas are not exactly ideal tenants.