If you aren't a contractor or aren't getting rock-bottom pricing, what is the point?

After reading back through the contract it states the contractor isn't responsible for rocks, trees, driveways, or utility lines.

It would depend on the nature of the repair.

Investing out of state is a bit scary for your first deal, but once you get really familiarized with your market you'll start being able to establish approximate values from afar, and it becomes second nature from there.

NC has nice weather, no natural disasters, and excellent economic opportunities.

Can someone not be a rock star at real estate and then also choose to mentor and teach others?

It’s probably not that you’re “small potatoes” to your PM, but more a reflection of the nature of the market itself—low rents, properties with higher maintenance needs, and tenant issues.These factors make properties in these neighborhoods more difficult to manage and generally less profitable for property managers.

Now let's compound that natural advantage by fact your from TX.

Just this week, we've re-opened our search for a rock-star mobile app designer who will lead the charge from user experience perspective. 

Quote from @Don Miller: The following is not to express any level of happiness or unhappiness with the build:Received change orders totaling $14,970 for 18 additional loads of fill dirt over allotted amount in contract (fill dirt arrived in December 2022), 7 loads of septic sand over allotted amount, and rock excavation at the septic site. make sure to ask for the tickets. if they are putting 6 yards of soil in a single axle truck you are getting ripped off.