I was also in IT field and working as a QA Tester for 17 years and quit the job for good 2 years ago, As my real estate investments are giving passive income..

But why is your PM not doing this or not doing a good job?

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

Look into Tampa’s overall economic health, job growth, and any upcoming developments that could impact property values.If you're also in need of fund for your fix and flip venture, let's connect.

Should I get into contracting with a flipper or custoM home builder for 50k a year 1099 and start my own llc and be a “real estate professional” and learn the ins and outs while making less money at first,  or take a sales job 9-5 that makes 150k a year w2 and build up capital first. 

It seems that pushing them to do their jobs is always essential; - There is a lack of horizontal connections between employees.

Most issues will pop up in the first few months as guests use the place regularly, so have a good relationship with a handyman and maybe throw him some small jobs so that he will be on standby when needed.

I thought the same thing and scaled up rather quickly to 300 units in deep south 95% section 8 after about 18 months I realized I bought myself a job that was simply not worth it..

So of course the first 30 replys on the BP thread were hey way to go  great job getting doors etc etc.. 

Sure it can be a write off, but my question is if it is the highest and best use of your time (or the given employees time) to be running a skid steer - transporting it, storage, maintenance, cleaning, etc, and if it still makes sense if you need to hire someone to run it for you and take care of the other things.Add up all those recurring costs - maintaining the machine, maintaining the trailer, having a large enough truck to tow it, insurance and registration for all of the above, your time or your employees time related to all of the above...even at $14k a year it might be attractive enough to keep paying that and having them drop it off at the job site for you.A brand new machine could easily cost you over 6 figures - that's 7 years of rentals at $14k/year before including all the holding costs.