Understand too, most starting out in real estate out of high school with a few party years behind them have never been in business, much less management, they have never been exposed to business ethics (which has nothing to do with sleeping well or feeling you did right or your religious views).

Notice the word SUCCESSFUL, that is where you need to do your research on who is crushing it sales wise in your area and take it from there.Not only will you get more leads by being a part of a team like this, but you will be exposed to a lot more transaction situations which you will learn a great deal from.

But also not so flexible that I expose myself to a lot of extra risk.

This also gives you a chance to get to know your market and also test out the management you decide to use without exposing yourself to the additional risks of rehab. 

Are they doing everything they can to expose properties to the widest possible market?

If I had a dollar for every time a tenant threatened to sue and expose me to the world for the evil scum that I am.It's $200 which is about what it will cost him to take you to Small Claims.

Where I'm at currently I'm 24 years oldI make $27,000 a year working for Nova Community College I'm a W-2 employee.I've worked here for about 2 yearsI'm constantly learning new things about technology in robotics and in the stem fieldI consistently go to expose and events where I can hone my person-to-person skills.Where I would like to goGet a $25 an hour job as a 1099 employee / partner /GC for a real estate investor that has 30 rentals owned free and clear and running about 20 flips right now.Do I keep my W2 job in hopes that financing will come my way or do I put all my eggs in one basket with this real estate investor.

Fixed some walls, new paint inside and out, new flooring throughout the home, cleaned up the yard, new water heater, new natural gas line to the home to replace a propane tank, put in baseboards throughout the home What was the outcome?

Fixed some walls, new paint inside and out, new flooring throughout the home, cleaned up the yard, new water heater, new natural gas line to the home to replace a propane tank, put in baseboards throughout the home What was the outcome?

Are they doing everything they can to expose properties to the widest possible market?