You will gain credibility within your market, they rank fairly well if optimized around your keywords and also they will increase the bank links to your website, which search engines view as important aspect of increased rankings. 

I appreciate the optimism!

The reason for this is that the optimal entity for both these income streams is likely to be same for any given investor.In my case, using s-corps (actually LLCs taxed as s-corps) is the optimal entity for both my flipping business and collecting real estate commissions.

Upshot....if you have a high W2 and high business income SoloK contributions could be sub-optimal strictly from a tax minimization standpoint.  

Maybe you are a better finder of deals, or better at placing/screening/dealing with tenants, or better at picking the optimal paint color to optimize rents, or have an in on which school districts attract the best tenants - just be honest with yourself about what you are and are not good at, and then play to that strength. 

so my long answer to the short question by the OP... 25hrs:75% deal finding25% networkingall while thinking in the mindset of systematizing, leveraging, and optimizing...

How should I go about finding a good property manager in my area, Fresno, that can help to optimize cash flow, appreciation, and to better my community?

Risk is not considered in this calc.I would argue NPV should be use a lot for residential analysis with a "portfolio" of risks to optimize returns so not all investments are in Detroit, nor are they all low margin, bread-and-butter investments either.Rick

J certainly is, and for someone like myself who works in the "business optimization" world (really hate this terminology, but its widely understood, so...) 

I think that this is the optimal route in terms of return on time invested and risk reduction via diversification.I do think however that if you are willing to dedicate yourself 100% to being the sponsor then you will make more money, at the expense of time and with more concentrated risk.In summary, being the sponsor is the best option for the few and being a LP investor is likely the best outcome for the many.For full disclosure I run a company that helps LP investors find the best sponsors in a given asset class or geography.