A little background on where I am at: I partnered up with my brother-in-law last year (I know a lot of you would saw that's a bad idea) but its been a great experience so far.

@Christian Sifuentes True but I don’t think I’ll get enough to invest and my house really needs the Reno badly.

The ATlanta contractor game is a real hustle because of how busy the area is, and nobody wants to lose the good contractor they found because they prob went through so many bad ones.

I’v also corrected floors that sag/ have bad skewing with micro lam -lvl’s in the basement/1st floor and/or reshimmed entire floors in a room that was sagging during a full renovation

Congrats on your recent career change as well. 

Actually, lots of owners and tenants have had bad reviews of them on BBB. 

During your learning career, what are some tips and tricks you've picked up that you don't think are mainstream?

Very much about letting the crowd engage.Investors do make bad choices.

He will be selling an investment property and can 1031 his half again.Not a bad scenario. 

Unfortunately in the midwest and southern states my current career doesn't pay the same in comparison to median wages in the parts of the country we are looking to move to.That being said im using this information and situation as a catalyst to finally get serious about real estate.