Building officials have been happy of our plans to tackle a full gut that they have helped us along the way and may have been lax on what they are used to seeing.  

I don't anticipate having to do that many repairs immediately either because the units are already rented out and I can tackle one project at a time. 

I'd be curious though how you analyze and tackle your SFH props for flipping, rather than renting.  

I am looking to continue my education in real estate, try to minimize expensive mistakes, seek mentorship with people that are willing to offer legitimate information/guidance and not trying to "sell" me on something, better understand how to work with investors to fund the projects I want to tackle, and over all guidance around how I can take my competitive, detail oriented, results driven, hard charging work ethic and attitude to provide my family financial freedom.

Not something I am willing to tackle.

I dont want to venture into that until I'm tackling my 50+ unit apartment complexes 

What is the first thing you wasn't to tackle.  

From there, we'll tackle more REI opportunities and you know the story.On the other hand, well, I was not super prepared to go all in right at this time.

Would it be worth trying to tackle myself?

All the information needed to make a wise, logical purchase has to be tackled from all angles.