Once your high interest loans are paid off, it shouldn't take you long to save. 

I'd weight the options of high EMD with an inspection contingency so my money isn't at risk, and low(er) EMD with no contingency and I could lose my money.

The cost of entry is low while the cash flow is high.

This could make sense if you have enough reserves and t=high risk tolerance.

I highly recommend you read The House Hacking Strategy by Craig Curelop to prime your skills in that area. 

Two examples are “STL Handy Man” and “STL Contractors” if you know groups just like this for the Las Vegas area please drop the link below, Your recommendations are highly appreciated :)

To help in your search:be sure to find an accountant who is willing to grow with you, and is not too high priced fee-wise.

We target the land first and do a few calls to explain the process, the value driver for us is that we build 20% below appraised value by what I designed it's a dense floorplan with high returns for investors that creates $100k+ equity for an investor on 500k.

Similarly, retail might be near the residential area (but on high traffic roads), and light / heavy industry is far from the residential - but close to freeways and rail infrastructure.

Rates are high and are making DSCR thresholds harder to reach.