He was pay ed to install a AC unit in my home and disappeared  he refuse to answer the phone calls texted massages he stole my money and won't respond 

While your partner accepts more of the cash from the sale of the FFE and the associated tax bill.This might take some accountant massaging. 

I plan to manage the properties myself until it conflicts with my regular job.I would appreciate any advice on these markets to ensure success and connect with local investors.    

Is the property just a regular-style house or something you can build an experience around?  

They have regular meet ups.

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Need so much more info to actually be able to shop rates  :)  No points, 110k, SFR, regular purchase financing, the house is worth around 140k.

In addition to a voucher, we require that the tenant be able to show income at least 1.5 time the monthly rent, as opposed to our regular tenants who must show 3.5 time monthly rent.

Life is busy with regular work and a few kids, so just looking for any way to maximize our time where we can!

I used sankeymatic.com after a bunch of massaging of the numbers in a spreadsheet.