You lessen your burden. 

It's like asking whether you can lose weight if you don't exercise.

Sure I have doubts now that I’m midway through renovations…but I feel the contacts I’ve gained in a new city (electricians, plumbers, etc) are worth their weight in gold.

I'd recommend looking at costs. your build cost is going to be well over other homes because of the fixed costs like slab, Hvac, roof, etc. check the market drivers and weight the benefits of short term versus long term. long term is no furniture and help pays mortgage but at this size it doesn't really cover everything. we didn't find a lot of economies of scale in single family detached. can you build more than one unit?

I'm looking to lessen the load of work and concentrate on my exit strategy sometime within the next 10 years if not sooner.

If it’s dead weight, it goes."

However there can be no motive of lessening a tax burden. 

You are going to have to weight that against your desire to transfer management.If you want to go down the path of outsourcing some of the burden, suggest you make a list of everything you do.

A great Realtor is still worth their weight in gold though, but IMO, they are only 10 - 20%...

I am in the Tampa Florida market and they make a killing here and are worth their weight in gold to the owners of the community.