If it's not a real job... next.

Painting, for instance- an amatuer could take their time and paint a house over the course of a couple weeks and do a great job, but a professional crew could do the entire job in a day. 

Im willing to do cosmetic repairs up to about $20k but dont want to deal with a gut 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.

I feel like i am in this awkward in the middle stage where I still need to work my corporate job, but right on the cusp to make real estate my fulltime job.   

All good, he got the job and started on May, 10, 2018.To make a long story short. 

Redding is doing a pretty good job of revitalizing downtown.

experience: I’m on my 3rd flipage: early 40sday job: brand and web design/development retirement savings: noneI want to learn about buy and hold to secure having SOMETHING for retirement!

I am at an inflection point where I need to decide if I should try to sell or rent it due to possibly moving for a job change. 

I can vouch for @Lane Berry he manages I think at least one our units in Houston, excellent job