There may be some transferable skills and things you can take where you aren't completely starting from scratch in going the trades school route.I think other considerations would be where you are in life financially, educationally, and from a professional development perspective. 

Happy to talk about how I navitgate the TREC form, from a wholesaler's perspective and also Assignment Agreements, etc.

If you have rehabbed a house, you most likely updated the outlets covers to give that fresh clean look.  

I am just doing some light updating, like light fixtures, fresh paint and LVP in the attic.

Thanks everyone for there thoughts and the different perspectives. 

Combine that immediate equity with loan amortization over time, and by year 4 you would not only be breaking even but would also have an even stronger equity position building your net worth.Another perspective to consider is the opportunity cost in your rent (step 3 in BRRRR), or in other words how else could you rent the property to increase the 25% CoC ROI to closer to maybe 30%?

Is there a way to approach this (mostly asking from a legal perspective) other than asking people if they’d be interested in a portion of equity in the deal for their up front capital to get the deal moving.

My Question is about the order in which DIY landlords and managers show their property to perspective tenants and call references. 

Some valuable perspective is being shared here and although I'm not the original poster, I appreciate it.  

To identify an opportunity you are going to have too crunch numbers and analyze things from a financial perspective.