If your goal is to be rich / powerful then here's a ranking of career types.working with your body (clerk, construction, farming)supervising people who work with their bodyworking with your brain (engineer, marketing) (college degree)managing people who work with their braininvesting your own money (real estate, stocks)investing the money of othersCalling this a ranking is overly simplistic.  

I need someone trustworthy and reliable since I won't be there to supervise the job.Thanks BP community!

Can't really supervise unless you can do it too.

Marie Poe:Yeah, quiet enjoyment in most leases refers to a tenant's right to live in the property without needless requests and supervision by the landlord.  

I would merely be supervising the renovations and helping with some of the decision making.

paying a person non licensed whom is not directly working or being supervised by any  real estate entity a fee for a name address and phone number is not illegal at all when...... they are working under with no license it only goes illegal if their supervising realtor or broker does not give them the money themselvesdog birding or whatever u call that is not illegal except when they do not have a business licenseANSWERING general questions ABOUT YOUR OWN PROPERTY with A NON LICENSED person is not illegal DISCUSSING BUSINESS ABOUT YOUR PROPERTYAND YOUR PLANS ON MARKETING EXPECTATIONS WITH CLOSING CONTRACT TERMS AND  ,PROFITING,INSITE SELLING, STRATEGIES..

Even if you have it done, supervise this job to ensure there aren't any large voids.

You'd need to have at least one to two responsible, dedicated, level-headed, collaborative, unpaid, retired persons on the board to supervise operations for a self-managed HOA to be successful.  

He's now acting as a de facto property manager for me also--I still do a lot, but he often saves me the 45-minute drive, collecting rents for me and supervising/paying contractors.

I myself, have worked in the construction trade for the past 42 years, the last 22 years of that, supervising the construction of multimillion dollar homes in the Washington DC area.