So basically I do RE for tax deductions.

My wife's Bachelors is in Interior Design and we have several architects that we work with...several that do RE investment in one way or another.

Yes, that's the way to do RE - pull that money back out and use for the next place. 

Get some experience with a main job and do RE as a side hustle.

I love that there’s more than one way to do RE, just find the vehicle that gets you where you want to go)Cheers mate!

How much would it cost you do re-do the floors and paint the whole unit, this could be $2-3k. 

I just hope my buyers love it as much as I do!!RE

My goal is to make enough within a year to do RE full time and of course continue to grow from there.

Yeah, as an engineer by trade, I have a tendency to make things more complex than they need to be because in my world, if you don't have a good foundation to build on, you end up doing a lot of rework, which I'd like to avoid in the REI world.I understand that I WILL make mistakes (and hopefully learn from them), I'd like to learn where other people had to do re-work and try to avoid that at all costs.I'll see if I can simplify my plan somewhat. :)

Sam Grooms, I honestly don't know what a syndication deal is so I will definitely research that, and yes I'm thankful to be able to do re-sale on the side, thanks for the suggestions.