From what I've researched, it's the less than ideal situation to be in because of the reasons you've stated.

That in itself is a skill and a needed over head component to keep from having investors get very antsy and then take to SM because they are not getting their e mails returned that day or next .. 

That's your "E-Z Button", you need a good PM so tap-out and get one STAT. 

What you want is an investor friendly Realtor who is, ideally, an investor themselves which is a very, very small percentage of Realtors.Yes, you should find an investor friendly Realtor to have on your team.

Warner Robin's is another great market...there's  an airforce base and it's in close proximity to Macon which makes it ideal.

This is the 2nd thread recently where people espousing his teachings have had issues using sub2 (see the recent one here from someone who was warned about the high risk of the strategies he teaches about a year ago but said he should be trusted "because he had a TV show on A&E": https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/50/topics/1225630-due-o... can't make this stuff up).

Ideally, you layout all the duties (Find, Underwrite, fund, rehab, manage) and assign a value to each of those based on how much time they might take. 

Once you've thought a bit about what your ideal wholistic investment portfolio looks like, if you decide that you want some kind of more active real estate investing in the mix, I cannot recommend more getting Start with Strategy by Dave Meyer and the accompanying workbook The Strategy Planner.

Unfortunately it's a necessary evil to weed out the residents that are not ideal.

Yes, looking for another property now, ideally one where I don't have to live in a closet