And if I find a reliable agent and reliable property management company in one of those cities, then I'd start there.

Even if a title company were to manage the setup making sure all parties are paid, the cheap debt and cash flow would not be enough to be enticing to any investor even if midterm rental could yield a healthy return. 

They held a webinar for the Ekahi fund and told them they fired the property management, false they quit due to lack of funds.

I own a home improvement company and also completed a flip with great ROI.

Sadly, on BiggerPockets, some are quick to label companies as scams without real experience.

We manage a property that was having drain field issues for awhile, got estimates and had the owner approve one of the vendors.

Can anyone suggest and agent or property manager that can help me with this?

With your background as an electrician, contractor, and project manager, you have a unique advantage in real estate.

He also founded an HVAC company with 110 employees, and also ran several construction companies.

In order to have checkbook control, the IRA account will need to be at a trust company that will allow the IRA to invest in an LLC (where you will be the manager and your IRA will be member - an as manager you will have checkbook access to the LLC bank account).