Unless the price is well adjusted I would avoid structural issues all together.

Well, this my opinion, if you like unpredictability, constant change and people/contractors with no regards to you or your property then "YES" flips and STRs are the way to go...LOL....I love it!!! 

I've never heard of someone not generating leads from a sign.You may not have the best call to action or landing page for your listing leads if you haven't seen any traction.Cell phone #s and emails on listing signs did not convert well for me.

Even better, I might be able to snag it well under market value since it's an estate sale that's been sitting on the market for nearly 200 days.Here’s the challenge: while I could afford to purchase the property under market value, I’d be stretching my budget thin to cover the mortgage during the period I’d be remodeling the basement to make it rentable.

You'll do well if you're this disciplined at 18!

I've learned a lot on the managing side of the business, as well as the rehab side DIYing a lot of the work myself.

An experienced property manager should minimize vacancy, increase income, and have connections with contractors and other professionals to manage your property well to maximize your return on investment.To Your Success!

The only thing about it is that the property hasn’t been very well taken care of, so we know there’s a lot of work to do to fix it.

Those skills will serve you well in BRRRRs and flips.

Then I would do a low risk flip ( rehab less than a few weeks) for hopefully a 10-15% profit, repeat until I have a nice down payment and am sure that I would be able to qualify for a refinance, then buy a buy and hold then continue flipping until I get to the next buy and hold - in theory, the time between each property should decrease as I should be getting capital from the buy + hold as well as I would already have my reserves built up.