Lastly ,  Based on my experience . if you are hitting up 100 pips and maybe contacting 50 or 30 , maybe the approach and sales skills might need to be tune out..     

This is something I have done on my free time to demonstrate to employers my knowledge and skills with applications like Tableau and SQL coding.

These skills are often honed over time, much like an athlete's development.Moreover, context is key.

SKILLS is the #1 "hedge" against unemployment.

I highly recommend you read The House Hacking Strategy by Craig Curelop to prime your skills in that area. 

I feel with my Engineering and MBA background, this is something that really suits my skill-set and something I can sink my teeth into.

I am looking for an experienced partner/mentor skilled in small starter homes, since I want that to be my main focus to start with.

Hopefully after I've assigned a contract I'll have built enough of a relationship with the buyer that maybe they'll let me watch or observe what and how they do with the house after they buy it from me, maybe even act as a semi - quasi project manager so I could learn some skills to apply toward my own investing.

You also must consider your understanding of the intricacies of managing a property yourself and whether you have the skills to manage a manager.Do you know anything about property maintenance, are you at all experienced or handy with tools. do you understand the functions of the different buildings trades, do you know the costs associated with the trades.If you have not been hands on involved in managing your own property it is extremely difficult to manage a property manager.

the necessary repairs are as follows:  water heater missing, furnace looks old. paint all rooms, new flooring needed in most rooms, ( something i can do myself), recondition kitchen, replace entry doors. the house already has a newer roof and newer vinyl siding, virtually no work necessary on the outside. given my rehab skills, nothing will need to be contracted out, so i am able to save a tremendous amount of money on the rehab, which is why the following rehab number is so low.