You'll reduce your cost of living, take advantage of real wealth creation through appreciation of this incredible area of the country, and always have an asset that will be desirable into the future.  

I remember you saying that you were doing a lot of good reading and it's a good one to add to the list.On top of starting to get pricing for local estimates, you can start using your visits to properties to make room by room checklists so when you walk a property you'll get better and better at notation items to help with your estimating and the creation of your scope of work.You might want to start checking out suppliers - don't forget to familiarize yourself with some of the used building suppliers in your area - Restore, etc.  

Simple to shoot (15 minutes per property) and upload and creation is less than 5 minutes.

Your expenses and hours worked will be substantial because you are taking homebuyers all over creation to the ends of the earth to make a sale.Now let's look at commercial.

Without the economies of scale and process creation by doing 100's of rehabs or cookie cutter builds, it's very hard to stick to "on paper" budgets for both time and money.

I may feel bad for them or their families because they never had the chance to be enlightened in the ways of wealth creation, but that's neither here nor there.

I will provide all the necessary funds, but I need someone who can handle the creation and distribution of the marketing materials.

It was realizing I had zero control that changed my life forever and I instantly had a new plan to study wealth creation and take control of my life.  

If you are in a jurisdiction like Berkeley or Oakland, then watch out because the rent boards in those jurisdictions do everything in their power to prevent the city from approving the creation of new units in previously rented space. 

Invest in your market because of opportunity, wealth creation, or cash flow.