I have also never seen myself as someone with an important job and DIY property management as a side gig that should occupy as little of my time and be handled as efficiently as possible.If I worked 70-hour weeks in a cubicle farm writing code to keep the boss happy and was oh-so-proud of my mad programming skills as my greatest life achievement, there's not a chance in hell I'd be able to devote the time I'd need to in order to understand the basics of property management for my portfolio.If you do want to do it yourself, or you can't afford not to do it yourself, you have to COMMIT.

It seems you have very little time but a good job that pays well so you are going to have to start contracting more of this out than you are used to if you are not willing to devote what little free time you have to this. 

Perhaps you can start there and if you reach a point in your life with more time to devote to the remodel side of real estate, you have that option!

Getting the ARV right is key.And I feel like contractors is a forever game -- just depends if I want to devote the time.Also some risk in nailing rental rates and knowing those.If I bought turnkey, I reduce some of those risks (also reduce amount of built in equity as well...) 

No more than 49% of the total floor space is devoted to commercial use2.

At the same time, others will do nothing but devote time and never come to a conclusion.  

It partially depends on how much time you can devote to it. 

Mentoring is not inexpensive figure $20,000 to $30,000 a year.How much time energy and money are you willing to devote to the pursuit of syndication?

Turn key isn't necessarily best for everyone just like no approach is but it can be an excellent way for the novice investor with little or no experience, those with busy lives that have little time to devote to acquire a property, renovate it, getting it leased up and stabilized.

Hi Nancy    The law states that you must work at least 750 hours per year and more than 50% of your time must be devoted in your trade or business as a real estate professional as opposed to any other unrelated profession.