Make sure they are a good company and have a good product.

We preform 80+ rehabs per year for different investors and turnkey providers, There should be a standard for the finished product goal.

True office style suspended drop ceilings are tacky and dated, but if you could research a noise isolation product or way to mount ceiling drywall, it may help greatly.

Can you please mention a few major differences in residential and commercial financing?

There are some passive 1031 compatible products that are real estate yet totally passive. 

Also hopefully that job will be in close proximity to multi-unit propertiesGet a job where you are an employee that can be construed as something you majored in in collegeFind a lender that does FHA. 

Welcome aboard, @Jacob Rhein.There's a major demand for investor-friendly RE lawyers, at least here in Texas, so you should have plenty of opportunities.

Similar to the 08 housing crash oil is bouncing back from a huge recession and that affected the research and development of many of the big companies thus removing a large potential supply of oil from future production so it may catch up to us just like there’s a housing shortage in many areas now because of how many builders went under from the GFC.

Just as a minor rule (and of course please check with your local laws and how it applies in this case).Everytime, i run into an issue with a tenant (regardless if it is minor or major one), i try to add a clause for it in the lease; so it it then mentionned in the lease they sign next time.I hope this tip helps some folks here.Best,Taoufik

My current rental property has about 50000$ in equity but is not cash flow positive, doesn't cost anything but still no cash flow , another negative is that it is about 2000 miles away and makes it hard to deal with tenant issue, thankfully no major issues have come up YET.