I think if you find a large contractor in your market this could be replicated.

The downside is that it might be hard to replicate in the future. 

When I built a spreadsheet projection to model/replicate what he'd accomplished, I think he turned $80k cash into $3 million of equity in 5 years....and I got really excited.

Any advice for a newbie who holds a full time gig and wanted to replicate this amazing work of yours?

Once you have systems and vendors in place, there is no reason you can’t replicate the process many times over.

@Manco Snead  it sounds like your numbers are pretty good...when the numbers are good, obviously there's a lot more incentive to keep the property (esp. since you have a low rate that you presumably can't replicate at another property)....you didn't mention how much you put down, but you did say you put 20k into rehab...look at how much total you have in the property, and calculate your returns (both with cashflow, and also with appreciation), and that will give you a better idea of how to proceed (it's also worth calculating ROE).Usually, when people describe an OOS property with terrible tenants and a bad PM, the problems are occurring because it's a C or lower property/neighborhood...but you said it's a "clean" neighborhood...would you say it's an A or B neighborhood? 

They will have the expertise you need all the way across the board  and will have processes in place to replicate future deals.

Its also great to see you are not assuming that since you were successful in one area you can replicate that success without doing any research.I like the NNN recommendation, that is a great long term play to build some lasting wealth.  

I will keep this short and concise, but most of what I have done can be replicated by almost anyone with some work ethic and proper direction.

It seems like he’s saying do your research, network from a distance as much as possible, go out to your chosen market and get things under way/systems in place and once those connections are made you should be able to replicate from a distance.