Needs to replace some rotted wood/paint/trim, some carpet flooring etc.

Refinished original hardwood trim/stairs and railings.

I’m trained in Carpentry- framing, windows, trim, siding, finish work, minor flooring, minor landscaping.

New kitchen from the studs out. fresh paint and trim elsewhere.

The types of repairs I have done are putting a piece of trim back on the wall, replace a transformer on some string lights, etc.

appetite for riskYou can absolutely get a job in RE but keep in mind that it is a cyclic industry where you have to be entrepreneurial to survive downturns, especially times like now when a lot of RE firms are 'trimming the fat' (true in general but even more so in RE)If you're dead set on a W-2 in RE with a good (it's relative, compared to tech, W-2's in RE aren't nearly as exciting) salary and stable, try looking at working for a developer maybe as an analyst.

Another way of getting into trouble with neighbors in these neighborhoods of neatly trimmed lawns is to have tenants too busy to mow, or does infrequent lousy jobs.

I don't have any background in real estate but have experience in contractor work, rehabbing, repairs, cabinetwork, trim carpentry, and finish carpentry.Actually I just came across the Bigger Pockets website last week and am going through the Ultimate Beginner's Guide now.

Hi, I've purchased a SFH in the Birmingham, AL area for a buy and hold rental, and the home inspection noted some possible mold in most rooms and signs of wood infestation in the baseboard trim and some in the crawl space. 

An eggshell or satin off white for walls and semi-gloss for trim.