He was considering a Home Depot shed to live in out back and then we found a suitable garage conversion. 

I decide what to buy, when to buy, what to sell, when to sell, and for much of my career have been hand on. 

My real estate career is at ground 0 and I am assessing my situation, to find what area of real estate investing is best for me. 

Curious to hear about your Software Engineer career and what you're working on.

Hey Juan,I personally started my rental investing career in memphis so youre in a good area.

I am not exactly big time even now as it was a sideline to my regular career. 

My goal of becoming a broker is two fold:  1) Build a career with high earning potential   2) Use that income paired with the knowledge I would gain to invest. 

However I am not selling someone on the notion I am going to hand deliver everything I learned in my career for $15,000.

I didn’t “get rich quick”, but I’ve had a 34-year career and I’m still around to talk about it.

I don’t live in the USA all the time (< 1 month last year), so coordinating non-trivial refurb may be awkward, not sure my old handymen etc are going to be available (or suitable) so perhaps something a little more turn key is suitable.