Crime rate seems quite high, so understand the area is so important there, it seems.Any advice and thoughts is appreciated, and looking to start a great team there to get the ball rolling.  

Rich Dad Poor Dad got the ball rolling.I think the most practical book for me was the Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller. 

Almost certainly has appraisers playing ball and overvaluing the homes.

Not to worried about having a property manager and having less cash flow because from what I've observed from podcast and other investors is once the ball gets rolling it is a lot easier to keep going.

Hard to do if you consume as a "multitask", e.g. while traveling or exercising, but seriously valuable suggestion!

I will be gone for a lot of the year on various exercises and possibly deployments so the main usage will be on them.

Im not too privy to syndication but it seems a new geo is more of a lateral play while syndication is more of a deep ball play.

Instead I've focused on military training exercises, and courses and ive been deployed on 2 domestic ops.

500 x 20% : $118K down payment + closing costs ($10K ball park): Total to purchase $128k Reno: $50k + $128k : $178k ADU: $115k plus $178k : $293k All in Rents: $5k x 12 months: $60k Cash on Cash return: 60k divided by $293k : ConC ROI: Gross : 20.4% (I'm sure you will have maintenance expenses, capx, PM etc etc ) and you will also have tax sheltering and deductions: plug in all numbers to get an accurate number). 

In my opinion large MF is a whole different ball game.