That being said, this is mainly doable for folks taking on cosmetic rehabs with great time management/construction management skills.

Something that didn’t need a complete overhaul but something that I would do light cosmetic cleanup in a good area.Reason being is that let’s say I bought a 5 unit building for 500k and put $100k down.Let’s assume that building has $100k in annual gross rents.

During your initial walkthrough, inspect the property for any major issues such as structural damage, roofing problems, plumbing, and electrical concerns, while documenting all cosmetic and functional issues with detailed photos and notes.Once you confirm the property’s potential, finalize your ARV and calculate the repair costs using either a reliable estimator or insights from contractors.

If your realtor is listing it for free and not helping, that's not much help since leaving you to screen tenants and run through leads is like asking you to perform knee surgery, you don't know what you are doing.All rental listings should get bombarded on Zillow Rental Manager and HotPads, etc in the first week so if you have limited activity, your price is either too high or the photos are bad and the copy about the place is bad.Use something like RentSpree from screening.

Also hoping that since it’s an 1 year old home, other than minor cosmetic upgrades like design, not much to do.

Light Cosmetic: $25-$40 per sq. ft.

For you 1st property, probably a good idea to start with something that's more turnkey / light cosmetic work needed before diving into full renovations.

The age of a home is sometimes a misnomer as older homes were built much better in many ways, not all.If you want to flip, you need to focus on older homes because that's where the bigger scale will be most likely and the more outdated cosmetically, the less likely first-time homebuyers will think they can do the work.

Contractors stated that he does surface level cosmetic fixes as fast as possible to pass inspections.

Since it will be out of state, I'm looking for mostly turn key or just cosmetic fixers.