One can also or should also take into account the emotional/mental and life style factors that may come into play too since everyone has different preferences on what they'd like to do with their free mind / time space.I think for some the 14 hours is more than acceptable however if a person was willing to trade that 14 hours and perhaps reduce it  down to 20-30 minutes of calls/emails per month by hirining a professional manager it may make sense as well depending on the cost.

I installed a cassette style mini split on a ~600sqft project of mine.

For example, I'm interested in a 3/2 ranch style house built in the 1960s.

Talk to people doing that style of investing - but instead of asking them the technical know how questions - ask them their opinions of their experience.

@Dillard Stone  if your saying by just joining and paying 20k you can then become a syndicator and do these deals within the club.. then the 20k is chump change.. although to be fair I can't think of a riskier proposition of going into a newbies 5 million dollar first deal.. :).... 

Hard money style is faster and more efficient .

So, no down-side and only upside potential to take this opportunity to EVLOVE your communication style, to accept the leadership role you MUST hold, and communicate like a leader. 

Once you find your niche, you’ll probably need to find pooling opportunities, as $100k isn’t even chump change in Southern California.

But they're in good locations, we have furnished them with a little bit of style, and got professional photographs. 

Alternatively, you could rent out the garage ADU and live in the main house, depending on how much rental income you're looking for and the style of living you're comfortable with.The reason a garage ADU is more powerful than a new detached ADU is that most SFRs in California already have garages and it's generally less expensive and faster to convert a garage than to build a detached ADU.