Every owner gets inundated by calls and mailings from investors.

For example-If I purchase a home for 80,000 and put 20,000 in repairs total cost of 100,000I can sell QUICKLY(under value) in under 3 months for 130,000OR I can rent out at 1500/month, *after expenses* how long would it take me to make back that 30k?

I had to take the refinance and another property I had under contract to another lender who got both done at the same time in under a month.  

You will slowly soak it up over the next 6 months and when you can analyse a property in under a minute by simply looking at the numbers you will be ready to think about starting.

Its a tough business to learn in under a year (and I mean really working on it every day).You might find my other posts on the topic helpful.

Our first in Rosenberg was 1 year old when acquired, but we leased in under 30 days.

IMO, flips are difficult to come in under budget as estimating costs and time is VERY difficult to do day in and day out. 

I was able to pay off 30,000 in under 2 years on a bartenders salary of about 35,000 a year.

@Kenji TominagaYou can Amtrak there in under 2 hours.Take the train and spend a Saturday or Sunday in areas you are consideringOut of state owners not visiting properties and or not meeting their PM’s is on the top 10 list of dumb things to do to lose $ in real estate.People will go to the store to look at a refrigerator, or appliance but not go to a home they are spending six figures on….

Seems like you've found a pretty profitable niche there in Hawai'i - if you can turn $200k to 600k in under a year - I'd keep doing that.