If you have sales & marketing skills you can earn a ton of money while doing something that's vertically integrated in your investing.Long story short being an agent makes you a better investor & vice versa.

There isn’t a good answer to this without more information about the investor’s free time available to manage/improve property, current inventory of skills and abilities, risk tolerance, end goal, and time horizon.  

I need help finding contractors or handymen in Tucson AZ that are skilled and not expensive.

It takes us 6 to 8 hours by the time we bring in lights and post process all the photos.A critical element is the skill of the property manager.

Bigger pockets has been very helpful for me in the past and I thought I would reach out here as I know many skilled individuals hang out here.

Probably the biggest problem now is that post crisis, they are in demand and there is a shortage of skill out there at all levels.

Having asked the question indicates you do not have any experience or skills in regards to screening tenants.

However, looking for bargain-value requires a different skill set.

Then you can contribute things like W-2 income and the other person maybe more on the time or other skills.

But those are the ones that are $25K/unit and will be in neighborhoods that are mostly absentee owner (rentals) with low-skilled workers and subsidized renters.