I would make sure you have a good team ready to go and be ready to pounce whenever the opportunity presents itself.From the lenders perspective, it can be kind of tricky because there are plenty of properties that cash flow well, but even fully-rehabbed they are less than 100k, which make them difficult to lend on.

Nothing sits on the market for a year that isn't wildly over priced, poorly marketed and/or made difficult to show.Potential buyers have probably tried to see the place and are being denied or some sort of nonsense to make them not want to make an offer.I bet the realtor will have some interesting info to share - or if they won't say anything to you bc their agreement is with your partner kindly share with them that the houses are in your name and the listing's need canceled immediately unless they start cooperating.Have you laywerd up yet?

Plus it is a new area for me because of my career switch.

I.E. plan is to sell the property in 5 years but he says he no longer wants to sell.You would be on the loan and the monthly payment would count against your DTI making it difficult for you to get loans in the future.

When I'm at a property myself I'm experienced enough to do a thorough visual inspection but it can sometimes be difficult for me to be there as I live out of town but I suppose perhaps the answer is that I do need to make sure I can be there in person.

I’m in the same boat we had a tenant break lease about 3 weeks ago now it’s been a little difficult to find renters.

I want to begin investing with a house hack, but more generally use this position (with it specifically being in the RE industry) as a jumping-off point for a career in investing, eventually full-time. 

Is there a better approach to beginning my real estate investing career and scaling quickly? 

STR is becoming a difficult strategy because there are so many costs (furniture maintenance, utilities, internet, etc.) that you have to factor in and if you are in an oversaturated market, then unless your property is unique, you can only compete on price.

How difficult would it be to get an invester friendly construction loan to build on a property where I live and have mortgage.