I was about to loose my deal and I got my money in 5 days with Jet Lending.  

The best thing you could do is to sit down and talk with your Tax Advisor or CPA to see how you can make that particular strategy work without loosing your money to taxes or penalties. 

Is it O.K. liability wise, to have a handyman:Replace a bathroom light fixture.Replace a ceiling fan.Replace a switch.Replace an outlet.Replace a standard screw in lightbulb.Repair a loose outlet box.  

Did he loose the house or did he willingly sell it? 

As others have said, the best thing to do, is to remind people that noise travels.The problem is that many people, go from a house, to a condo, they assume its going to be just as queit.Then once they hear a very minor footstep, suddenly all hell has broken loose, and they cant live there any more.People are soft, very soft, and need to be reminded of reality.Too many first world problems

I would listen to the BP Podcast with Thach Nguyen on how he knocked on one hundred doors a day , five days a week for ten years and that got him one million USD per year from that ACTIVITY.Make sure you dont miss the part where he says one home seller let loose a dog on him and he had to get attention at the hospital from the bite.I would also pay attention to the Tom Hopkins Champion formula to embrace rejection on pages 110-125 in his book Mastering the Art of the Sale.Especially the part where he says , you are paid for each rejection you getThen TAKE ACTION, make the calls, follow up leads, ask for referrals, make offers, buy properties, choose your exit strategy etcin making calls i would attempt to incorporate "negative phrasing" as taught by Steve Trang, to locate buyers, sellers, private money lenders.I would also set a saving rate as taught by Anthony Robbins from book Money, master the game, becoming of an investor, taking advantage of the power of compounding I would also keep in mind the 10000hour rule from Malcom Gladwell's book, Outliers reminding myself that attaining world class takes commitment

"Electric panel is overheating"  this happens when you have loose lugs at the breakers and is arcing, easy to fix. 

In flipping, I would say time is more valuable than money, and I would simply cut him loose and get someone else on there to wrap it up.  

.$800x3=$2400-HOA$1350-mortgage$900=$150$1200x3=$3600-HOA$1350-mortgage$900=$1350I have difficulty seeing the benefit against the risk to my primary residence and to be honest scaling up would be difficult as I would loose money if units were not rented.Option 2 is a duplex property which would only scale slightly over time with upgrades.$2000-insurance/yard$525-mortgage$900=$575Option 3 would be to find a 3 unit building that could make between $1875 per month after all expenses and mortgage and scale to $3075.00 with upgrades.Of course option 3 is sounding better but finding a 3 unit building at my price is not going to be easy.The 1% rule is becoming clouded when factoring in the cost of the home refinance.Please provide feedback on my way of thinking.

With the career change however I'm loosing that advantage, and additionally the stable income. we have a very nice safety blanket but i would prefer to make that money start working for me while I'm still in, creating additional assets that will provide a stable enough income to continue to grow my investment portfolio.