Overall, I’d love advice on the ideal timeline for finding team members—like a general contractor and property manager—for an out-of-state investment. 

I look at about 1,000 properties a week so I know what is out there state to state.

Steel fire escapes have been banned in many states. 2.)  

*If your aunt was cooperative, you may have been able to form some formal operating agreement... although I am not sure how that operating agreement would hold up in your state.1.

But they mostly cover Western states.

It would cost the govt 15k but think of all the jobs it would generate in new construction and taxes it would add to the states. 

I suspect in most states accepting a payment would nix and eviction.

We had to do a DSCR loan for a short term rental we purchased out of state.

If you are with a cloud brokerage like eXp or Real, you can just move and stay under their umbrella with a new state broker after you complete whatever Illinois needs for reciprocity.If they don't have a TC team, you will need to complete and upload all of the paperwork, but they should have compliance videos for you to do.

Does anyone know of any banks in or around the August Ga area that will work with out of state investors?