And I have this good relationship with the electrician, so it is also a weight off my shoulders because I know I can trust him...

Breckenridge will command the highest prices, but during shoulder seasons/mud season for April-May & Sept-Nov. there are definitely people that go there, just not in the same swells that you see in peak season.

For example, if you are able to buy your home with 100% financing with a non-recourse loan ( as many Californians were able to do a few years ago), then you are quite safe, because the risk is completely on the shoulder of the lender.

You may have "The Donald" looking over his shoulder.  

This timeline is starting to feel like we're right over your shoulders watching the process unfold!

If you can, bribe or beg your lawyer of choice to let you look over their shoulder and get their advice on how to avoid this in the future. 

The renovation costs are quite extensive so I’m looking for a partner to help with shouldering some of the costs.

If you're fairly new to the investing game, I recommend going to some real estate meetups (not NYU events because those may be too high level for what you're trying to do) to brush shoulders with lenders, attorneys, brokers, etc. - all of these people will have access to deals offhand that you should be trying to get into. 

To speed that process up, you can invest passively in a reputable syndicators deal and learn over the operators shoulders if that's possible.

As you learn the business, get more money than time, get your systems down, and want to scale up, you can fire yourself from some or all of these tasks and subcontract them out intelligently having become an expert yourself, or if you choose to subcontract before then you can look over their shoulder to learn while you "trust but verify" ... you can even subcontract out in Cleveland after you master it locally (but not before), but I'd bet that after you master it locally you will not need or want to go out of state.