The market has been growing in terms of population, jobs and, major companies moving here like Intel, Google, Meta, etc. 

Some of them have converted to flips, but I do not do flips because it is a job (stop flipping, stop earning).  

So, if you have 10 units and you are going to pay $1,500 a month and you are working on an active income job, too, this is an easy switch due to the labor mentally and physically (even if it is just phone calls) to get these rentals running as a well-oiled machine.  

Knowing which subs go deer hunting , fishing , will or wont work weekends , which ones are tied up on longer jobs , etc .

Quote from @Chris Seveney: Yes this is a pipe dream, but had me thinking about real estate of course:If Canada ever did become part of the United States, what would happen?

(and recently Anduril which just announced another 1B+ and 4k jobs to Columbus Ohio).

I’m thinks just pay him his regular price for the job and throw him 5-10% finders/gc fee instead of making a 70/30 split or something like that.

@Damon AlbersSounds like these properties are in a class c area and your manager is not doing a good job vetting themBut this is not out of ordinary for c class rentals which is why people look at cash flow and be like wow but one $5000 bill can wipe out 4-6 months of rental income and properties never make money and rarely appreciateThis is why we do not do lower class rentals as stated cash flow vs reality are typically not close

For example, if the job takes 20 hours at $25/hour, you’re looking at around $800 total.Expect quotes to be significantly higher, but use your formula to negotiate.

You don't say what you do but consider finding a career path job that might give you better income if that is an issue.