Curious, Account Closed, do you also advocate that CPA's should not be allowed to file their own taxes, attorneys should not be able to represent friends or family, mechanics should not be allowed to change their own oil and licensed contractors should not be able to work on their own homes?

I am in my late 20s and a Mechanical Engineer by Degree and I work in project management/construction.I have been maintaining a high saving rate and nearing a Coast FI number to where I could start dialing back my work hours.Before I make any moves I would like to have some run time with a viable side hustle or part time job that I could leverage my degree and experience to still earn a decent hourly rate (or equivalent).Does anyone have any advice or any experience with effective side hustles or types part time jobs that I might be able to transition to?

Well, that is for each to decide.However, the huge flaw in the system allowing itself to be gamed is at a heart of the mechanics allowing the housing bubble and the extreme proliferation of mortgages that should have never been written with borrowers who should have never been approved.Now, don't misunderstand me.

Yeah, let's talk to Joe the janitor to find out his opinions on how hospitals manage their P&Ls and let's talk to Bob the auto-mechanic to find out how insurance companies generate their actuarial tables.

He was a high end mechanic so the place was engineered and maintained very well.

If you are concerned with the mechanicals I would consider the expense. 

That sort of strategy requires years of good financial habits which I built through my involvement in real estate.Part 1: The Three Major Factors Contributing To My LifestyleFactor 1: Exploiting “game mechanics” of the real estate game.

The major issue I have with that era of building is the mechanical's.

A car like that will spend alot of time in the mechanic's and/or won't be pretty inside or out. 

I personally wouldn't gut a unit that doesn't need it and would focus on making it mechanically sound and aesthetically pleasing without busting the budget trying to make a rental look like the Taj Mahal.