Can an investor feel confident and comfortable in their investment with you? 

That way you can get a quick profit to give you confidence for the next deal.

Not sure if it matters, but since some people factor taxes into the equation, my wife and I are reasonably confident in our job security, and are in the 32% tax bracket this year. 

You have to decided if it’s worth it to you to deal with getting the tenants out.Or maybe, if you’re confident in your ability/intention to buy, offer him equal to 6 months of rent as a non refundable deposit. 

It needed a new kitchen and mostly cosmetic fixes which we felt confident in completing.

You may want to look into wholesaling as well, to help you build more capital to confidently invest the right way with proper down payment and reserves.

I'm an investor first but I'm also a GC and I wouldn't do a low end lipstick rehab as a GC even for myself because it hurts my soul to do crappy work, I have to do the job to the best of my abilities (not bragging here, I'm nothing special but hate cobbling crap together) and I'm not confident I could find someone to do a decent enough job.

But sellers don't want a 'nice, polite, 'I'll do anything, please sell me your house" person", they want someone who "respects them, emphasizes, but is confident in themselves." 

Personally I'm investing in Austin because I'm confident about the future here.

I am very aware that part of becoming confident in your ability to invest correlates with confidence with a "rolodex" with relationships that can be mutually beneficial.