Although my management experience and leadership skills are marketable, the law enforcement skills are industry specific and my age is an immediate deterrent for many companies.

When we got out of the industry, we invested in a new business that is still running and profitable.

I do not have any formal training just history in the industry and construction. 

., and a Real Estate Investment Brokerage in case you ever decide to sell.By teaming up with a solid firm you can mitigate your risk and have some "boots on the ground" that have your best interest in mind.The best advice I have received from my mentors pertaining to my Class C investments is:1. there is strength in numbers.Some of my clients have 100+ C Class properties in Memphis.

Unless a partner brings strengths or resources that you lack then there is no advantage to partnering.

The industry and technology will solve this problem in the long run.  

That is why I believe real estate investing is the industry for me.

My next feasible option would be the BRRR strategy, but that is dangerous here as the entire area relies on one industry for its economic prosperity, coal.

Good luck to you, I suspect you'll need it.I was under the impression the industry standard for PM collecting a percentage of rental income for said management was 8-10%.

I am just starting out in the industry, and I am really loving it so far!