now make yourself significantly more efficient off your initial mistakes and you'll do better. 

All my scouring has led me to believe that a SOLO-K would be more efficient for REI.  

Yet, being a core team of 1 person, I found myself swamped with projects and not enough bandwith to process my projects efficiently.

We will focus most of our energy on rehabs/flips but we intend to add a rental property to our portfolio every year as well.

Ultimately I'd like to find a G.C that can handle my projects, from demo to final finish.I'm looking to build a long term relationship with a company that possesses the following: Fair pricing, timely & efficient, communicative, can get the job done on time & on budget.

Do you guys think this would be an efficient tactic?

Chris T.While we are not flippers, we do use a similar approach by purchasing tired properties and forcing appreciation: it is just rehab-n-hold as opposed to rehab-n-sell.When we are carrying out a deep retrofit on a newly acquired property, we will put a sign in the yard advertising another "modern, heathy and energy efficient home in the making"  with an indication of when it will be available for rent.We typically have the units rented before the renovation is complete.

You can control the value by seizing the opportunity and oiling the machine to max efficiency.

Anyway, if you really want to get in it can happen, just going to take time and energy.

@Kevin Mika This will be my first investment property so I believe using a General Contractor will be simpler and more efficient.