I have been a property manager in San Francisco for about 7 years now and I'm looking to use the knowledge and skills I have acquired throughout my career and apply them with investing. 

Good quality skilled and reliable contractors come a dime a dozen sadly.

Maybe you need to work on persuasion skills. 

I think you need to improve your photography skills!!

As you grow your portfolio, the combination of your market, your tenant selection policy, and your management skills will have an impact on that number.

With your skill set you could be useful to someone who is doing rehabs.

instant profit), now my third I'll be learning and using a new skill of raising private money!

The idea would be to partner with someone (I already have vetted a few individuals) who compliments my skill set and would be able to oversee the hands on labor portion of the company.

So as he steps into the market and he starts to look at properties and reason, you want to pay attention to his thinking skill set.

That's a great skill to apply to real estate.