I am sure working for the Home Vestors Franchise gave you a lot of tools/skills on getting undervalued properties.

Your construction skills can give you a significant advantage, allowing you to save on rehab costs or even flip properties for capital.

You’ll develop resilience, leadership, negotiation skills, vision, emotional control, and more.

.- Working a W2 as a firefighter, posting and consuming content- Leaving my W2 to dive deep into real estate investing and working as an agent... and still watching/posting content all while business was ok - Deleting social media apps (one have one on my phone that I use 10 minutes or less a day), diving deep into building my business and skills which have drastically increased due to pure focus and increasing my business significantly- moral of the story... focus on the things you need to do in business (dollar productive activities) and life experiences while reducing consumption will increase your success  

Find the strategy that makes the most money or caters to your skill set. 

For example, do you have any specific skills around social media?

The city itself is established, older neighborhoods, better city amenities (museums, arts/music etc), more pro sports, more hills, bigger river, has a streetcar, arguably better nightlife overall.

Personally I am not finding deals that could support those strategies in my market today based on my current skills and available time. 

Start small with strategies like house hacking, leveraging your hands-on skills for value-add properties, and building a strong team or network to reduce risks.

The person worked for H&R Block, now works for TurboTax Live and is being honest about their skills: NOT QUALIFIED.