I hire a contractor to do accurate estimate of repairs and they quote $45,000.

I purchased a duplex in Lorain in May of this year and hired a general contractor (GC) I found on Bigger Pockets.

They can walk you through all of this and will help you create a tax strategy based on your goals.Your statement that "insurance can't be deducted" reinforces that it's most likely in your best interest to hire a professional to help you with this.The forums are great but not a substitute for hiring a tax pro.

I wanted to hire VA's to handle the cold calling aspect of things, since that is the most time consuming part in my mind.

I jumped ship and tried my own SEO / Adwords campaigns, hired experts and did all the right things but couldn't generate an abundance of leads let alone anything of quality.

You need to amass a large portfolio for it to be passive (aka hiring someone to manage).If you want to be financially independent as fast as you can then you need to do a few things. 1) get as high of an income as possible (this usually takes schooling and/or experience, think high income profession - law, medicine,etc)2) live as frugally as possible (you will sacrifice a lot here, think of not going out with friends, live at home/save on rent, etc)3) invest as much as possible and I mean invest not yoloing on random hot tips (you are starting young, time will be on your side)If you do this consistently and remain highly disciplined, you will get there faster than most.

Scammers hire folks to solicit CA Brokers and offer them Wholesale lines..

The client is in the early planning stages, hiring an architect now.

so after reading all the posts, it sounds like his best bet is just to move on and walk away finding another place maybe coming back in future to keep contact with that person if he really wants that location… Correct me if I’m wrong, but my analysis from all this is that hiring a squatter would only be applicable in situations where the person who is occupying the residence never had a lease or contract therefore it is a rare circumstance where it would be a viable option. 

I would advise that if you are more than a 2 hr drive from the investment than hire a PM.