If  you need  a SAM's club or a Best Buy for the lates Apple product you're going to have to travel 30 mins.  

Three of the 4 units are already rented, and the 4th isn't currently habitable. 

I have set aside 70k to be used for purchase and rehab - I'm hoping that's enough to get started without loans as I haven't had decent income last couple years ($10k last year) as I took some time off to do some traveling.

I'm a freelance software dev and and most of my net worth is in retirement accounts (Roth and SEP 401k) besides the 70k I've kept aside to jump into real estate, just took the last couple years off to do some traveling and am now getting back into grind/money making mode so to speak.

I have a habit of analyzing too much and will be depending on this community to reel me back in.  

I’m new to the Halifax market and I travel too much to be able to properly manage myself so I’d like to put some upcoming projects under management.

The freedom to wake up and do what you want, eat what you want, travel where you want, spend time with your family without worrying about the financial consequences. 

I live in Los Angeles, so next I narrowed the list to 20 by factoring in the travel logistics to get there.

Boise has appreciated quicker than lower income wages; however, you don't have to travel too far to adjacent cities/counties with commutes of 30 minutes to an hour to get much less expensive homes / property. 

I recently gave up a dream job traveling the world as a snowboard instructor because my student debt was getting out of control.