What is your skill set? 

., Dollar General, Shine Medical and money other large private businesses, this market has under 2% vacancy and soaring rents with qualified tenants.

You could hit Texas with money flowing into your pocket and the skills to setup a brand new market to profit off of. 

Rents rose and the cost of clothing increased sharply, but prices for used vehicles, medical care, drugs and recreation all declined.

I  understand what you mean by staying out of the contractors way, I do have about 7-10 days before the contractor was going to start work so that's why I was going to remove certain things we already discussed removing.I appreciate the advice about how to being a better employer and trying to manage the overall project rather than getting into some of the details that don't fit my skill set. 

I also want to add additional benefits of RE syndication:There's almost absolutely no way to enter a niche market other than via syndication esp. for sector like MHP, self storage, medical, industrial, NNN or dentist office.

agree to the extent you can house hack  4 plex in your area with FHA loan you get in with minimal down you live there a year.. you keep your powder dry.with your skills I would look for value add .. buy one do the work  then refi. don't go spending all your cash.. keep no consumer debt and keep collecting cash.. real estate will always be here.. it always has.. be selective and methodical and in a few decades you will be smiling.

Way back in 2006 I started looking at real-estate investing as a good investment but I'm in the financial sector, son of a banker, I knew that land lording took some carpentry skills I just did not have.

Hey guys my latest idea has brought me to look further into building a non-medical billing company for businesses in my market where I would handle participating company’s billing needs and charge a % of collected income (hopefully this will help fuel some of my RE deals).

@Adam Goldberg Not sure what her skill set is, but these days there are plenty of work-from-home opportunities that stay-at-home moms are doing well at.