I have a very stable well paying job.

I've been fortunate enough to support myself from making and playing music now for a good number of years but the older I get the more I realize I would like something a little more "stable". 

Right now I am very stable and living way under my means, while I have the condo over half paid off.A lot of what I'm seeing here is nudging me in the direction of turnkey rentals.  

It is at a stable 5.5% interest rate for 30 years.

I've been intending to get my license and list it myself, but now I'm reconsidering, thinking this sale might be worth the $30,000 commission for a top seller's agent who works extensively in the higher price ranges and who would know exactly how to time and price the property--and potentially match to a buyer within their team's stable of clients.

The Tampa/St Pete area is stable and continues to gain appreciation at a healthy rate.

I'm in Cape Girardeau.Market is stable, increase in new builds.

It seems pretty stable right now, but I don't want to gamble with it.

@Brendan Henry-LambertIf you are new to fix and flips, I would recommend going for the easier projects: single family homes, in good stable areas in a medium income neighborhood.

If you are looking at rentals it will be VERY difficult to get financing without having a stable income first even if the property would theoretically pay for itself on paper.