Everyday RE investors achieve success with just basic math skills.

Secondly is to outsource everything to a professional so you are basically acting as the developer/project manager.

Here are some basic facts:Initial cash invested: $120kYear 1 Cash Flow: $12.3kYear 2 Cash Flow: $8.6kYear 3 Cash Flow (YTD, 3 months left in year): -$4.5kCurrent equity estimate (net of expected selling costs): $102KMortgage rates at or below 3.75%CapEx uncertainty: HVACs will likely require replacement within the next 5 years and one of the  roofs is nearing 20 years old.Market is the Huntsville, AL area.Underwriting hurdle when acquiring these properties was 10% CoC return annually.With a 10% CoC return after Year 1, I felt good about this investment.

My basic philosophy is that if you can't handle the little things, then you can't handle the big things.

If their kid shoves a pair of leggings down the toilet and clogs it (yes, this has happened), then they are responsible for fixing it.

I'm married, have three kids, and I live in an upper-middle class type suburb with the lawn and the white picket fence and it costs so much these days to keep a family there, it makes me worry about the future for my kids. 

Your kids are young and you are at the start of a long journey. 

I would also evaluate where you are at in life in regards to kids?

I had to basically start from the beginning again bc the attorney I used for the longest time retired and my original post was basically like starting over--creative financing is foreign to most now.

If they do complete them, it's probably very basic, not taking what your contractor is now advising you into consideration.