Hiring a contractor to assist with repairs and a property management company to manage rental.

I have done extensive research in the risks, how to structure such deals to mitigate those risks as effectively as possible, and legal considerations of each strategy. 

Go search the topic "Lifestyle Asset University" here on Bigger Pockets and you will see a longer thread with a lot of opinions (most are not members) but still worth a read as there are a half a dozen paid members from our group who have commented on that thread.We were formerly called Lifestyle Asset University, but I didn't realize that you couldn't use the word University in your company name here in Utah so we changed our name to Vodyssey. 

I see there are some recommended companies on here.

And when you said the management company takes a 550 credit score , all I see in your future are evictions .   

I'm located north of Houston, Owned a Real Estate Mortgage company years ago.....

I work for Evernest, a full-service PM company, here in Birmingham. 

Also a good pm company will provide a P&L every month.

The cleaning company I use started offering hot tub service about a year after I got the salt water tub and I took them up on it. 

Quote from @Aaron Zimmerman: I would look for other ways to legally reduce income such as cost segregation studies.