She has managed the 4 bed, 2 bath, sleeps 12 kind of house, and those properties are far harder to manage and typically suffer more frequent repairs, because you have more budget-oriented, party types reserving your property.In Phoenix, she requires her houses to have a pool.  

Structural- Roof, hvac, rugs amenities, driveways, plumbing, windows, doors, etc., B. 

You will be surprised what a nice area rug, lamp, fresh greenery, side table, couch, ect.. can do for a property.

One word of caution, don't take a first job that is oriented around construction or construction management, I have found it very hard for folks to move from construction to development without some loss of career traction to do so.For example, I come from a family of real estate developers, but I was ambitious to learn rapidly and work for others in the multi-family development domain, so I obtained my first job (asst. project manager) for a division of KB Home (Kaufman and Broad Multi-Housing) that developed in-house apartment projects.

Since you will be primarily doing this remotely, I would emphasize making sure your team is very hands-on and that you have a very detail-oriented contractor for whatever you do.

Says his tenants in blue collar neighborhoods tend to pay on time, family-oriented so they plant roots, and they take pride in their home so they keep it clean and do a lot of their own maintenance instead of bothering him. 

The realities I have seen swept under the rug too often.

I dislike the city politics but so is every major city very tenant oriented.

they have some properties looks really good number wise and also like how most of their properties are investment oriented and cashflow focused, but the major suspect is they are telling me none of their properties won't be shown until and offer is accepted and inspection done!

This is a customer oriented industry and while I have some automated messages, I love to also have the personal touch (e.g. someone says it's their 20th anniversary during their stay - I like to respond to that specifically which you can't automate away).