Also, for people who wish to pursue larger real estate ventures, you don't personally need to be able to analyze a deal, and can possibly partner with someone who does or even hire an underwriter.

Now, I had to hire an attorney to foreclose in hopes of recouping my $. 

Hiring a local real estate attorney or working with a knowledgeable agent is recommended to ensure compliance and protect your investment.3.

You don't see any actual receipts for materials or invoices from contractors they hired.

I'm planning to turn it into a rental and was wondering if I should consider hiring a property manager for my first rental.

One key takeaway for future projects is the value of hiring professional painters.

At that point we hired an independent appraiser and the numbers came back good and the hard money lender agreed to use them.  

Sounds like you're in the scale/harvesting time so I think you need to determine if this property is something you are happy with the cashflow it would produce as well as the time needed to manage it or hire a property manager, or is it time to take the equity and redeploy it into something more worthwhile like a higher cash flowing investment or creating higher equity in the home you buy down here.

 just start generating leads and start talking to people and when you’re not doing that educate yourself also hire a mentor just basically get active..

You’ve taken strong steps by hiring a reliable cleaner and listing the property across multiple platforms.