Certainly you've developed the skill of being able to glance to see if it is "urgent" or can wait.

Good organizational skills, attention to detail, critical thinking, and being able to communicate are the ones that come to mind.

A major skill in the RE world is knowing when to walk away. 

Ditto to what everyone else has said continue to invest and perfect your management skills and make it to were it's almost automated and then expand on both acquiring more properties and managing other people's as well.

It looks like a lot of the jobs lost and gained were lower skill jobs given the pattern.

If you have a particular set of skills that would give you an advantage with flipping it may be a worthwhile endeavor.  

With print work, you can sometimes find both skills in a single person.  

To help you can adopt a 5 second rule where you commit to introducing yourself to someone within 5 seconds of being at the event.Add value - In your networking find out what other people need and see if your unique set of skills can help them.

You want to work with an investment team that already has the skills and contacts.

Some prior owners are just skillful liars (good actors).