We are deciding between hiring a property management company, finding a full time handyman or a hybrid of hiring a property management company for our bigger buildings and using a handyman contracting company for the easier ones.

.- Most contractors will cut corners, or worse, once they figure out they won't be watched closely:( Your job will also go to the bottom of their priority list.Monitoring progress is relatively easy: hire that same inspector to go by weekly or before any payments to take a VIDEO of:1) What was done2) Quality of workmanshipOne other thing you didn't ask about, payments to contractors.- They all want 50% down or as much as they can squeeze out of you. 

(that is, assuming you've hired an agent with experience, market knowledge, and the wisdom to be able to guide you to what you're looking for). 

Quote from @Sergio P Ramos: @Jay Hinrichs did you demo it yourself or hired a company to demo?.

From what I have heard, Dayton is a similar market, and you will ALWAYS save money by investing locally by not needing to hire a Property Manager (yet).

. - you don't care if you don't hire a professional photographer.3.

Why not just hire a local real estate agent to handle leasing? 

If you have no experience, you can probably hire someone to do it for you. 

A San Antonio client of mine reached out directly to ALE's placement reps after months of waiting.

This agreement is just like a listing agreement when you go list a home, you are hiring the right person for the job, so this is the same type of contract, but this person is hired to find you the right home.