If you are self motivated to learn, there is NOTHING they will teach you that you can't/won't already learn by listening to webinars, reading books, reading these forums and listening to podcasts. 

I plan to self managed for the time being.

- As a rule of thumb, I will use a home as a furnished rental vs. unfurnished rental only if I am confident that I can recoup the furnishing costs in under a year.

(Self Reflection) If you don't do any of the above in a reasonable amount of time... then you'd have to look at how serious you really are about this.  2.

Your place looks very nice, be sure to furnish felt pads for furniture...and felt moving disc thingys if your tenant class is a self moving type.

He’s self employed.

I've been successfully self-employed as a handyman/carpenter since I arrived and I'm excited about getting involved with real estate investing.  

There is no self-promotion in these videos, so hopefully they stick around:https://youtu.be/dhfK2lhwOq0https://youtu.be/RGudwkxF3Yghttps://youtu.be/0YNLm5IXnn4

They are already hard enough to find on the MLS.I would have loved to buy a house last year but I was a job hopper for many years after college so unfortunately no one will lend to me until I can show them 2 years of consistent self employment income from my business.   

I wonder how people who don't self manage deal with this kind of stuff.