Despite the extra requirements we had plenty of showing and very little vacancy. 

@Troy ParkerCongratulations on the renovations and your new job opportunity!

For example Intel headquarters, Google, FB, Amazon, Nationwide, Honda, (recently Anduril announced another 4k jobs to Columbus).

That does not require employment or job seasoning instead it uses the rents to qualify and you can take out up to 80% LTV cash.Use the cash to put down on the next 1-2 or more properties as long as the other properties are debt servicing themselves it opens up more opportuities to buy more future assets and increase your passice income.  

It would for sure have to be a higher hourly rate than a typical W2 job however as agents are 1099 contractors and there are expenses associated with maintaining our licenses and operating our businesses that usually come out of our commissions.

 - flipping is a job, stop flipping and stop making money.  

Licensed contractors have more of their "shtuff" together and thus are better at their job and naturally will cost more.

I'm fairly handy, but just to balance things with my 9-5 job, focusing on something that just needs superficial updates or something nearly turn-key is probably best. 

There is a ring camera system that has a job site security package as well some of my investors use for their projects do not have internet it works off cellular connection. 

For example, if the job takes 20 hours at $25/hour, you’re looking at around $800 total.Expect quotes to be significantly higher, but use your formula to negotiate.