I'm particularly passionate about single family homes.Outside of real estate, I enjoy traveling and spending time with my family.Excited to learn and connect with you all!

In my opinion investors buy properties with break even or negative cash flow and hope for large appreciation are taking a gamble.

So a realtor is a big gamble at that point. 

In other words, spending it would be foolish.I suggest you spend a little time researching other property managers.

I would like to meet the requirement of spending over 100 hours on it yearly and spending more time than anyone else. 

What you are looking for is basically "experience" and that is too comprehensive for a post.Most buyers spend very little time finding the right agent because they think they are all the same and it does not matter so much.

You get some upside potentially by spending time and money to get the property ready to build, but you don't take on the construction risk.

You should only consider switching when your current software has a significant flaw or lacks features that force you to spend excessive time on workarounds.

Listen to Podcasts: Spend a few minutes each day on real estate podcasts.

Unfortunately, the hours you spend managing your plumbing company likely wouldn’t count toward real estate professional status (REPS) hours.