It wasn't a huge deal and it went well for being a first renovation after two other contractors flaked out on me and the third one wouldn't give me line item Scope of WorkThe contractor bought everything else. 

How much time on average will I personally spend on this 4-6 month process if I hire a team?

Technology has been been a huge factor for both. 

Also, it seems fairly safe for someone like myself- looking for a first investment and of course building wealth, but perhaps even more, trying to "get my feet wet" and learn the processes while getting a feel for real estate.

So it's more organic than a process.

That is huge negative.  

In a dream world - the comprehensive solution does all this: *task management and sequencing where you can drop a property into a sequence ie day 1 call, day 2 mailer (have it automatically mail out something like a postcard) day 3 etc etc etc*project management outside of the outreach sequences for what's next in the process ie schedule inspection, send the contract, etc etc*ability to have multiple users drive around and if you see a property you can tag an address and add it into a marketing sequence, and also track the streets you've hit so you're not wasting time driving by the same houses more than once *dialer (ability to parallel dial numerous numbers simultaneously to make cold calling more efficient - Ive used tools like orum and kixie in other industries, and when you receive a pickup, the other calls are dropped) *skip tracing/data provider *website landing page for converting online visitors to leads*electronic signature/docusign*secondary branded landing site on different URL for blasts for deal disposition to your buyer listWhat am I missing? 

That way, the people who have keywords set up can come and welcome you and the networking process begins! 

Unfortunately, Texas has a law prohibiting HELOCs on rental properties and I believe they also have a 70-75% max total loans allowed on the property which cuts into the equity I've built and would only allow for me to access 30K which would make it less appealing to go through the process for only 30K.

For example I use the same set of criteria for everyone and accept the first qualified applicant who completes the entire application process.