(I do nonprofit work, and I want build up revenue for my family and retirement that will allow continue to do service-oriented work.)I am willing to be active and have a network of relationships.

Here could be the kicker for some too, for the market appreciation guy...he she gets to see their cash flow rise overtime, essentially getting an annual raise for his work and for the initial cash flow only guy many many times the cash flow does not keep up with inflation and essentially getting an annual pay cut for his work.

@Kevin Mouck I (very) briefly looked into Lethbridge as the house prices are way lower than Calgary and I think rent prices are still decent (my bro-in-law was renting a single family detached with single garage 2+1/2 for $1000/m, and he got it a little under market value as it needed some work and he was willing to do some cosmetic updates and sign a 3 yr lease) but the big deterrent that I noticed was the property taxes were ridiculously high. 

This is hard work and time consuming.

Many large businesses in Manhattan are not asking their employees to come back to work in the city and instead allow remote work. And

This complex has one non-operable unit (used to work) and since i bought it, it has been only a storage room for my materials, etc. generating no income.I am debating between turning this unit (~450sqft) into a studio, rent it as storage to one or two tenants, or a laundry room?

I'm preparing to move for work, and I will be purchasing two properties near my new location while renting out my current house (originally purchased with this rental in mind, and learned a good deal from the process).

If a borrower wants us to go over our time cap (be it 5 minutes or 45), we need that good faith paperwork deposit to show they are invested in the process too and not just wasting our time.In terms of the credit inquiry thing, I pull my own credit every 3 months at work and my FICO is still over 800.

There steps that require real work and savvy people skills mental toughness.

It may be a lot of work and take a long time AND you may get nothing accomplished and lose the deal but it will be a great learning experience for you and you MAY make a nice profit if you are a Little lucky.