If the repairs are things you do all the time and are comfortable with then thats great but if this is the first time you are working on a house I'd build a hefty cushion into your budget for errors and mess-ups.- If you are using a contractor, consider it your job to manage them, document everything in great detail that you want done and expect, and hold them accountable. 

Although I live in Brooklyn, NY, I feel more comfortable looking for deals in Kansas City, MO and the surrounding area since that’s where I’m from, my cousin will be my contractor, I feel the deals will be more reasonably priced and I just feel that I’ll have more success finding the other pieces of putting a team together.

I'd never lived in my current market until 2018 but feel very comfortable picking a rent now that I've been watching similar homes for nearly two years.If you change your mind on property management, I could also give you a recommendation of a PM company in Pensacola i've been very happy with since 2010.

"Would I feel comfortable sending my wife here at night?"  

In the years since 2008, there has been a very steady growth of comfort surrounding stability and the expectation of economic safety. 

If you're hiding just that simple fact, you aren't comfortable enough with what you're doing, and that's a problem. 

I'd like to rent that property out asap as I am already in a comfortable living situation. 

I originally qualified for 680k with my lender two months ago, they are now saying because of the pandemic, they are only comfortable lending me 480K. 

I think it's best to be able to provide an offer on the spot, but YOU need to be comfortable and confident with what you offer.By the way, where did you come up with those ARVs? 

I personally think small retail locations are great for experiences, immersive dining or axe throwing, then purchase, etc.