With the future being so uncertain I realized there was a need to do more than just rely on my job for financial security. 

Push through it, you may even need to have a second, consistent paying job and thats OK, until you get established.

I am also planning on using a property manager as I have an 8 - 5 full time job.

Our whole job is to broker deals between buyers and sellers.

Quote from @Mark Forest: The company I have invested with has done a great job explaining why this is happening and what they are doing about it. 

The challenge is that non-government jobs are often short-lived.

A lot of major companies are choosing to build and develop here (Intel, Meta, Amazon, Google, etc.) so the population and job market are also growing.

Fix it.We eliminate as much landscaping as possible: we take out flower beds and most decorative features, ideally, lawn mowing is the only job tenants have to do, because we know that's all we can expect from most.

I don’t know, if you just want a job I guess arbitrage could work.  

He was always dressed like he was going to the beach so I assumed it wasn't a white collar job.