This may be the perfect Section 8 property, so find a local and reputable (reviews) PM company to give you the good, bad, and ugly on keeping it as a rental.

I would start by having a conversation with a good, reputable, experienced attorney that handles foreclosure defense in your area.

While there is no primary industry in Running Springs, there are service industries geared to the tourism market, as the San Bernardino National Forest is a highly popular year-round tourist destination.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...Coffeyville has a long history as a center of industry and manufacturing.

I am currently in the engineering side of the automotive manufacturing world, but my goal is to pursue real estate investing as a supplemental income and potentially future career.

I would pivot into something more reputable. 

Do your own due diligence by flying to the cash flow market and taking a tour of neighborhoods before placing any rental under contractThere are lot of reputable turnkey providers and marketing companies on BP . keep reading and updating yourself.

I would consider working with a broker...Most good agents will come to give you consultation for free...and a good one can really help.I own a small coop unit I rent on the UES...used to do it all myself...then met an agent through a common friend who made a great impression very friendly and professional...let him handle the turnover of my apartment and he managed to get me about 15% increase of the monthly rent...When I was doing my open houses I would always got a trickle of people come by...he managed to get 30 people in the door on his 1st open house and 3 application within the week...What I came to realize is that good agents manage to drive much more foot traffic and create a sense of urgency for buyers/renters...In my case he got in a professional photographer who made the place shine...If you DM I can send you his contact...but any good agent from one of the reputable companies in Manhattan can give you a good advice.If your coop allow you to sublet for a year I would seriously consider doing so (If it cover holding cost)...Fall-Winter is the worst season to be on the market...if you can have the place rented and then put it on the market around March-April you might be in a better position...again best to consult few good Manhattan agents.

Would start by looking up reputable companies/contractors maybe word of mouth.

Looking for reputable professionals that you’ve had experience with!

My husband and I are starting the planning process to finish our unfinished basement in Roswell, GA (northern suburb of Atlanta) and our plan is to rent it out.We are in need of an architect, preferably one with structural engineering certs because we want to move/open and load bearing wall and would like to only deal with one provider.We plan to do most of the work ourselves, with the wall being the exception but we think we will add somewhere between 1300-1400 sf living space and can rent it for $1200-1400 per month.Looking for reputable architects that you’ve had experience with.