What I need is guidance, tips, networking, and more education.

@Thomas Franklin I will take your questions as really good tips, I still have a lot to do.

I do not tip my contractor.  

Any tips for someone who has a full time job but wants to start investing in RE? 

Would you happen to have any interesting tips I may use?

I guess what I forgot to put in my OP was any tips or tracks of the RE Pros Trade I can benefit from.

I continued my investing and rehabbing and have done single family, multi-family and partnered on small garden apartments and office buildings - we held a few , flipped a few.After I moved out of NY, I wanted to get more involved into the "paper" of Real Estate I already had solid background on the valuation side having already become a certified real estate appraiser for residential & commercial properties as well as other certifications. 

He was great at rehabbing and he put a lot of work into his first investment but then it wasn't really taken care of..So my question is, since I haven't done this before lol...Any tips on getting decent stuff (long lasting really) without getting caught up in trying to pull off some HGTV moves..? 

Market rent for each is about $2500/month, tenant would be responsible for all utilities except the gardener ($50/mo).  

I would like to get my foot in the door and pick up advice and tips that will help me in this field.