I am the Vice President of OmniKey Realty, and I would highly recommend scheduling a tour with my investment team if you haven't already done so.

I think you bring up a good point of considering offering higher returns to investors if I have to begin to search outside of my network.But my original question from the post still remains, where would you recommend I search for people interested in an opportunity like this? 

Highly recommend (I require) collecting first month's rent prior to handing over keys.

But wanted to say that I highly recommend checking out REIA for Oh and/or Cincinnati and Dayton.

As @Nathan Gesner recommended, it's a bit early to worry about this!

I know the founder and know that they've set out to build a platform that takes the best features of sites like Furnished Finder and Airbnb and leaves out the clunkiness and annoying policies and practices.

Do you recommend making relationship with property management companies?

I have recommendations for lenders and agents in the area that can help your journey as well.

Or what courses do you recommend?

As for finding a contractor, asking local investors for recommendations is a great start.