I know this neighborhood is not ideal but we have never had any problems with our properties. 

This is more ideal for a tenant/someone that has a background in doing handyman work but at this point you have to understand that you are now also going to be their employer. 

The property’s location and its price point made it an ideal candidate for a fast sale.

All of my customers in NJ, NY, CT, CA, WA and other states are all buying in those states as well as a few others.The price to cash flow ratio is going to be better in those states as well as having a higher inventory of both single family and multifamily rental homes.

You are required however to have a license like myself if you are offing a service to customers.

In an ideal world I would start with a house flip, but I am tentative about starting out with this kind of project given than I have zero experience with buying real estate or managing a commercial real estate property.

Now that I'm a more experienced designer in real estate, I would love to customize my kitchen more with different materials, unique tile, and more unique pulls/knobs but having a large, clean kitchen was extremely appealing to me as a first-time buyer 4 years ago.

"Oh the customer insisted on buying the materials, it's not my fault"

Some states do have special guidelines or customs that differ from state to state, but this is a minority of situations.  

The difference on each was ~10% and 10% on these properties were 6 figure difference.To address @Patrick Britton sarcastic reply on why I know the value better than the appraiser in my market is that I deal primarily with small multiplex in my market.