So the short of it, be very careful.  

It will probably be a year anyway by the time you get engaged and then plan a wedding before you actually tie the knot and begin living together.Wait for him to propose and then plan a wedding for next fall or even if you get married earlier, it would only be a short time for him to have long commute.I'd say worry about where to live and commute times once engaged.

When it was replaced with a circuit breaker panel that actually worked, my house started tripping breakers and I found several shorts that cost about $700 to have corrected.

I've seen a contractor show up 1wk late for a contract that only had a 3 wk performance period.

Since he is short on time he is going this route for a few months until he has sufficient time to look around.

Period.

I have family and friends out there and they may also be interested in renting short & long term. 

Seems strange, but they were all installed at the same time 6 years ago so something may have shorted them out.

Next, I proceeded to get my Real Estate license and then shortly after my general contractor license.

Banks typically won't include rental properties in your DTI calculation until you've owned them for a 12-month seasoning period.