If you're meeting deadlines, but you're always on pins and needles about whether the deadlines will be made, then you could always see if you can get a written estimated timeline from them when you're not currently on a project. 

I currently make over 100k a year and next year I’m projected to make ~170k so I might just buy a single family home and wait until I can buy another, then start my rental property journey in 2026.

We renovated about half the house in 2021 and the other in 2023.

The renovation cost was half personal money other half HELOC from other rental.

We will use the HELOC we have in place to finance the project.

Have you completed any renovations?

Basic info about myself: owned properties, did major renovations, including foundation underpin.

That's why the general rule of thumb is to get everything for half its ARV MINUS the renovation costs.

I personally finance 95% of my renovations via credit, lines of credit, or loan's. which I pay them off quickly. 

We can get cashflow in Bentonville, but you have to get creative finding, financing, or renovating the property.