I am out of town and don't want to continue self-managing.

I wanted to say that after ~3 years of researching, reading, building confidence, and contacts, I FINALLY closed on my first property!

Read books (this link will help), attend the free webinars, get on youtube and do some searches and subscribe to BP there, network, ask questions, attend local meetups, and after you feel more confident with your learnings come up with your goals and a plan to achieve them.https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/wp-conten...

I am 1099 self employed and have about 3k /month in rental income.

My current contract for my job says nothing about self employment or starting my own business, though, and that's where I see the opportunity of wholesaling would work well for me.

Then you should feel confident in reaching out to "Hard Money Lenders" in your area who set the terms on how much money you will need. 

Obviously, the roof is fixed because the leak is gone and why would a buyer climb up with a 80 foot ladder to check the roof when the city will have to give a Certificate of Occupancy anyways and they check for that.My question - can the lender just "call the loan" because they don't feel confident? 

You can put $5000 into mobile home parks, $5000 in shopping malls, $5000 in apartment buildings, $5000 in medical offices and $5000 in self-storage for instance rather than $25,000 in one single family home.REITS should theoretically return less because you're paying for a professional management team that has years of experience with that type of investment.

I am the director of the Towpath Volunteers Fife and Drum Corps and love to travel around the country and world with the band.GOAL: Invest in small multifamilies in the suburbs/city area of Rochester and self manage until I can replace earned income with passive income from real estate (approx $50,000/yr) to move into a second career path.I do not own any property at this time but I've been doing my homework to be as prepared as I can be for when I get started.

Or Self-taught