I'm not a Trump fan.

You're going to spend more than you plan on, but I'm a fan of spending $7000 to increase rents by $800 per month (I'm making numbers up, but you get the idea).

Fixing broken cabinet doors, removing 2 dumpsters of trash, pressure washing house and concrete, r/r dead plants/tree, fixing all the landscape sprinklers, 1/2 a dozen blinds, a few new light fixtures/bedroom fans, and bunch of wall patching, cleaning/painting.

I’m a fan of stocks, heavy in TSM index funds and think they are often minimized here.

As someone who was in your shoes as long time ago, with a newly minted finance degree, I can tell you to just keep going.

I used to be a HUGE Robert Kiyosaki fan and I still LOVE all of his early stuff.

My parents built a decent rental portfolio over the years, but they did it completely on their own years ago, so I don’t have any existing contacts, mentors, or network to lean on.If you were in my shoes (limited income, basic business knowledge, and good with your hands) what kind of full-time job would you go after to learn the ropes and move closer to doing flips or BRRRRs?

For example, guest correspondence or time fixing a ceiling fan at the property is material participation, but time spent searching for your next investment property is not because it's considered investment time, not STR time.Your point about splitting work is a good strategy for keeping others' time lower than your own.

What would you do if you were in my shoes?

We've struggled with Quickbooks for the last several years (and before that I literally had a shoe box with receipts in it).