It's critical to to get references and work with BB&B-accredited and fully insured companies when this amount of money is involved.

One, you really have to choose well- both the location and “the lease” are super critical to long term success.

Criticizing a new investor for being new seems silly.

Do whatever you’re most comfortable with and ignore the naysayers and critics.

They seem very similar in that they handle emergency and non-emergency maintenance calls and, critically, even dispatch contractors/service-people with minimal intervention from me.

I’m not sharing it to criticize the site owner, but rather to highlight how small mistakes can cost you money when advertising on Google.

You will not succeed as a real estate investor if you are fragile in your response to criticism.

The walkthrough can play a critical role in determining compensation.

The real benefits are that you'll learn a lot, grow your network and meet a ton of subcontractors (this is CRITICAL if you want to be a GC), learn the construction process, and (like Bruce said) if the GC likes/trusts you they'll probably sign off on the experience even if you're still a year or two short.

I work with a lot of house hacks & investors like yourself, so getting it right on the first one is critical.