They do a great job for all of my client referrals on their portfolios.

One day, my wife came home from a tough meeting with her manager, tears in her eyes, and said she couldn't take it anymore - she hated her job and didn't want to work anymore.

Still close to the Bay Area but get the benefits of landlord/tenant laws, low property taxes, still high appreciation, job growth, population growth, etc. 

Additionally, are there any challneges as working 40 hours job and doing Real Estates?

It would be a big job, but you could do it.

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.

I feel at this point trapped by the Analysis Paralysis syndrome, as well as time and energy starvation due to a full time job and role as a single parent.  

The insurance company wants to fulfill its obligations to the insured, and the construction company wants to keeps its employees happy, working and retained while they travel to a job site.

My agent has been doing this for 20+ years...I could not do her job as well as she does it nor could she do mine.

Nicole, great job on this flip!