Sure as Murphy exists, you will get your first call when you aren't able to devote time to it and then you will pay top dollar for some emergency responder that pops up on Google if you haven't reached out to someone prior to the first call.

Right, wrong or indifferent... that seems crazy to me, that I can manage my own properties, and maybe even be darn good at it, but I can't manage anyone else's without devoting years to obtaining a brokerage license.

Also, it depends too on how much time you can devote to real estate investing.

So if there was a way to make good money from this I can devote most of the day to it.- Target date?

I am 26 years old and I see so many people making a killing off of this and I can honestly say I’d be willing to devote all time and energy into it.

It has been difficult to connect with a realtor that has the patience and time to  devote to  helping me  find the right fit. 

While I absolutely appreciate Account Closed's point that "getting busy with work" is a potentially lame excuse, I empathize with being unable to always devote the time I'd like to real estate.

This may lend itself well to you because you have a job which in many peoples cases, means they cannot devote lots of time to manage their real estate projects.

I am in a a financial situation right now where I don't have to pay any rent and can devote all of my income towards this property. is it better to spend more and get a newer turn key or should I look for something that needs some work.

You can rent your primary for a while and devote your resources to building that investment portfolio.