We were extremely hard pressed to find a painter to do this which is why I said I could do it.

I’m finding a hard time finding comps for a long term rental.

Found T&H realty services to be pretty interesting as they provide both buyer brokerage service (to help me find deals) as well as do property management i.e. they are not full turnkey provider necessarily, but reduces some of the hassle for me I guess as an out of state investor. 

Try to find a property manager that also does sales / brokerage.

If you know where to look and have the right time, you can find properties that cash flow.

There a ton of great DSCR options you can find on the Lenders tab at the top of the page, or connect with an experienced broker who can shop all the best lenders for you and educate you on the best options out there.

These days the hardest part for me is finding & keeping qualified contractors for the work that always needs to be done.

Would this be something different from what you can Google and find other articles on? 

Collecting rent rolls, walking properties, learning who's doing the best in our sector/niche and how they're doing it, finding partners, all of these things I'm fairly good at, as I've been doing this for my recruiting agency for the past 3 years.

There is nothing you said that I find particularly scary.