While working full time for the courts, I also obtained an AA in Digital Video Production and a BS in Criminal Justice.

My opinion is bias since I work at a community college full-time, but I suggest you obtain a bachelor's degree as a safety net.

Crime and safety.- How easy is to find deals versus home price growth projections?

Your safety is NOT worth the small amount of deposit you'd get to keep for any damages.Now my recommendation changes if she is not the victim of domestic violence.

Not only can that help fend off accusations of improper discrimination later on, but doing it the same way every time can allow your paper/digital records to be entered into evidence during a trial. 

A lot of great options out there for self-managing if you decide to go that route; aside from providing the basics (listing, tenant screening, digital lease creation, rent collection, and maintenance tracking) some services also offer your tenants additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus).

I have dozens of clients from Ca, selling/ flipping them 100s and 100s and 100s of properties , all enjoying double digit net caps, Good Luck 

With the digital world we live in today, it's nearly impossible to get yourself a restart in this business. 

There are a lot of great options out there; aside from providing the basics (ie. listing tool to get the property published to 10+ major sites, scheduling tool to schedule viewings, tenant screening with comprehensive applications which include nationwide criminal background checks + credit checks + eviction history, digital lease creation tool, rent collection tool, and maintenance tracking tool), some services also offer your tenants additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus; this can create an added incentive for making sure they pay that rent on time).

Hey BP,I’m a recent college grad I just got my first job working in the construction industry as a safety engineer.