Supervise the rehab, maybe you have some contacts in the maintenance division at the property management company where you work.

Did you ever have any qualms or issues with furniture delivery, amazon, or other folks enter your home without anyone there to supervise?

If you are a pilot, everybody knows and your reputation is on the line.Wholesalers can knock on doors and get someone to "sell" them their house, which they never close on or tie up title or make false promises and can do all of that without any supervision.

Either because of lack of caring, poverty mentality, lack of child supervision, anger at landlord, or excessive number of people in an apartment, the amount of damage done to the apartments by tenants was almost unbelievable.

I've extensively written about it on Bigger Pockets and you can see some of what it takes at https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/1141313-subj...It doesn't take long under proper supervision, to understand what it takes to retire early.

Keep in mind I did much of this work myself, and supervised all the subs myself (i.e. no general contractor used).

It ordinarily is implied that one’s own attention and effort are involved, but the maxim qui facit per alium facit per se applies, and one may carry on a business through agents whom he supervises."

Good subs that will adhere to your schedule, do a good job, requires no supervision, and doesn't do many change orders (IF you know what you are doing on scope of work) will not be cheap.

It's very time-consuming to line up contractors, supervise, coordinate schedules, inspect, report, etc.

Some of the activities that count towards your hourly requirements include collecting rent, bookkeeping, advertising, maintaining legal compliance, safety reviews, inspections, decorating, tenant approval, contractor supervision, procuring insurance, paying taxes, and actual hands-on maintenance.There are some activities that do not count.Travel: While you can deduct mileage and expenses for your travels to and from your rentals, the time spent traveling is considering commuting and therefore does not count towards your hourly thresholds.