In the next month we plan to purchase our first home we plan to remodel and then hold to rent. 

As flood victim I have learn some new skills on remodeling and I was thinking where can I use my new skills :) the answer I got is flipping the houses.

Also, when the property was vacant when I was remodeling, the water usage was minimal.

And not try to remodel since I am out of state?

I have seen some remodeled 3b/2b going for 1100-1300 on the high-end in this area, but i only have like 3 homes to go off of.

I thought about working for Sam's/BJ's/Costco's stopping people as they exit the store to set up an appointment for people that want to remodel their home or install hurricane windows just so I can say hey by the way im an RE agent.

Be careful so that we're not doing "deal making in the forums" For us, we sold the manufactured home we remodeled in La Pine after one day on the market.

We are doing a remodel on a house in Sunriver, OR. 

And a value-add could be something like an ADU -- or something much smaller like a remodel or addition?

What made my deal work was that the house and four-plex were located on the same lot (one purchase), they we largely remodeled shortly before the sale, it was off-market, and sellers were urgent about selling quickly.