This is causing a huge influx of people moving here for jobs.

Otherwise, look at side jobs you can do to earn extra money. 

Great job!!

You’ll occasionally spot For Sale By Owner signs on lawns.

They're a company so they need to make a profit and it's good to give your PM some autonomy to do the smaller jobs as to not bother you everytime work needs to be done. 

However, all non-government jobs have a finite lifespan.

Definitely the way to go on rental properties if you are an out of state investor NOT looking for an enormous undertaking with a BRRRR type scenario or investment of that nature or part time or full time job.

What if they just started their job last week?

With the job, and family at home, I questioned how much time I would have available to build this part of my business and how long it would take me.

@Stuart Udis Its pretty much the norm , I generally do smaller jobs $100K to $250k .