These responses are golden and I really appreciate all the input.Disclaimer: In spite of the implications made in the some of the comments I do not ever intend to deceive, lie, or have "no intention" of buying a property, or weasling out, or be involved in any otherwise unethical business transaction.

My husband asked me why the sudden urge to redo half of the house.. my reply " this guy is good, charges a great price and I am getting all my stuff done before he gets super busy".. he has been  doing this kind of work for about 5 years now on his own, and for 0 years with Champion remodeling and is busy ,but he has that golden tri facta we as landlords/ and investors are all looking for, honest, sober, great work, and a great price..I am almost reluctant to give his number out due to purchasing some investment properties in the spring and I will need him, but will let him know in advance when I need him back..if you would be interested in his information let me know and I will send it out after the first of the year..  

With the amount of traffic I generate from craigslist, zillow, trulia, facebook, even social serv, I figure I'd be golden by now!

Your contribution is labor and management, that alone can't run a company, he's your goose laying the golden egg and you're shaving it up, molding it for a profit but now you don't want to feed the goose.If you're working too much, hire help, build a company instead of a job. 

But that is also where the Golden Goose lives. 

In response to a comment by Jeff Brown, "I think if you’re able to find superbly high quality buildings, with golden tenants, in equal quality locations at cap rates of 12%, you’ll have no problem whatsoever of finding investors"My Response: I do find myself w/ another dilemma...

If it is a cash-buyer, then your golden.

We're still a vacation/retirement destination, so there are eyes from all over the US and globe on this market.

If I, as the grantor, give you a quit claim deed for the golden gate bridge, I've given you a perfectly legal, fully enforceable document that transfers exactly nothing.

@Favia Vitan, appreciate the welcome from halfway around the globe; hope this message finds you well.