We don’t know anyone in the area, but you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”, since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesAdditionally, don't treat property management like a commodity and just focus on the lowest price!

So the optimal income path from an investment perspective is, what sort of a job will get you into the highest possible pay early on for the least amount of education or certification or credentialing investment? 

Most in WF are your Chuck in a truck sort of fellows.

Just sort of is what it is.

If I have money in stocks is there a such thing to use this as collateral or equity of some sort to purchase a buy to sell or a flipper? 

This will vary lender by lender but most will have some sort of fees attached to their loans, so it's not just 10% of purchase price that you'll need to account for.   

But, when you purchase a 4-unit property, or something larger the property is not considered to be sort of a commercial property and I like to think of a 4-unit property the same as a business like a liquor store where the higher the sales the more the liquor store will sell for.Four units or more will appreciate in value sort of exponentially when you increase rents and a single family property will not.

@Isaac SheehanI sort of am my own GC. 

and you are doing some sort of reno or 203k loan?

Not too late - when you sign the Loan Estimate is when you've formally engaged and selected the lender so before that you're fine.