Honestly, that's sort of like saying you need to go back to school to learn about real estate --- what investor has done that...Looking back at your OP, if you haven't you might want to see what part of your "extroversion" doesn't fit your current job duties. 

Plus a lot of inspectors tend to turn up issues that aren’t actual issues, so having multiple inspections done sounds like a nightmare of sorting out which inspectors actually know what they’re talking about, which issues are real and which are not, which issues now need to be disclosed by the seller and which don’t, etc.

I work predominantly in the investment space with all sorts of investors in the local FL market.

That appears less reno and more major alteration of some sort.

Most would recommend some sort of a house hack.

Not sure what sort of financing you're considering (if any), but if I assume 25% down, that's $30k vs $87,500.

That sort of thing.

Sort of a walk the walk kind of thing.I'm in Columbus Oh and we have some solid meetups here, and I'm sure a city like Houston would have similar things going on! 

Potential returns look decent …PS- the jump you saw could be some sort of hotel/ multi unit property coming online.

80 - 100K CAD .... so about 50 - 70K USD (maybe cheaper as these sorts of things are more expensive in Canada.That has a hydraulic lift and included the construction of the shaftway.Of course ... you can spend much more[Note:  I originally included a rang of 60 - 80K CAD (25 - 50K USD), but going back to the quotes we had last year to bolt a 4-stop onto an existing 4-story apartment building, the range is more like 80 - 110K CAD]   The 60-80K was for a 3-stop solution at another location.]