The Construction Manager can preform the same task for you and give guidance which is what you are paying him for. 

I have been tasked with replicating the historic storefront.

Wholesaling a $1.7MM house would sure be an interesting task. 

If you also have the capital plus some skills to contribute, you might be a great potential joint venture partner.A JV partnership is where a small group invests together and the property renovations and management tasks are split up between them.

Regardless if you are solely an investor or do decide to become an agent you are essentially running a business which requires book keeping, expense tracking, marketing and countless other tasks that I am certain a degree could help to build the framework for. 

Y can be a variety of things , like donating money to an anti charity or scrubbing the floors .

Once supply gets above that, further downward pressure on prices is likely to come,If you find yourself in a buyers market, that may be helpful for your acquisition as a wholesaler or flipper (or buy and holder) but not good as the seller, so you have a catch 22 here that needs to be addressed.Wholesaling with real spreads to flippers has not been any easy task in the sellers market we have been in for years and while that may improve slightly, the resale would then be hindered causing a problem on the other side of the coin. 

This way, they can handle the tedious task of reconciling and organizing your reports, while also having the expertise to provide you with an accurate P&L across all your properties.

I own and manage a very successful airbnb in the area and would be interested in performing the same tasks for you. 

Normal discrimination if typically viewed as anti minority groups, etc.