However, the GC I hired was wildly incompetent so they missed critical components like the HVAC, we had to redo the sewer drain to the house, holding costs delays … you name it.

My goal is to hopefully self manage until I can hire my own manager as an employee.

You would be wise to hire an attorney in your county that is familiar with such topics, specifically "Quiet Title Action". 

I'll never hire a PM while I am local but moving abroad is a different ballgame.

My air conditioner has stopped working.

You'll need to do 1 of 2 things typically 1) Create a targeted marketing campaign to find the properties2) Hire real estate professionals that work in this sector of the market.

You can hire a local real estate agent, contractor, or even a fellow wholesaler.Virtual Assistants: Consider hiring virtual assistants to handle administrative tasks like data entry, lead generation, and follow-up calls.

It is important that you hire professionals who have experience working with foreign investors.

It was an 8 unit building and it was a total disaster for all of the other tenants loud music, crack, heroin, property damage mad orgies etc...Evictions of this kind take forever and the local PD wasn't much help so we had to hire off duty police officers to work 3rd shift security till we got her out of there.  

I am an agent who has sold hundreds of Air BNB and have amazing and creative partners including lending