I found that the best place to to find them was on home advisor.

Example 2 - We lost our jobs and decided to move back to _____ to be live with family until we get back on our feet.

It's all well and good to pass inspection but that is a very limited assessment and really doesn't tell me much about the quality of your work in toto. 

Then I reach for my nolo.com article, and go over the different seller financing possibilities.See http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/seller-financing-home-sales-30164.htmlAnd I walk them through all the situations in the article, from lease purchase to subject to, to installment sale, to wraparound mortgage."

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/101237-can-i-use-a-sub-to-to-negotiate-short-sale

Yes @linda d      I was able to to rent out two others units over the weekend using the same technique you mentioned above so the wheels are slowly moving again!  

Put some headphones on, or chase the pretty girls around, or do anything you need to; to keep your interest. 

If things go bad its can be much harder than a house hack to show up to to see what is going on and work to fix it.I recommend David Greene's book Long Distance Real Estate Investing. 

As investors age and wealth grows many tend to to move into more passive assets such as notes, commercial properties, and JV deals.Once someone achieves a bunch of money they realize money is not the biggest treasure but time and health to do the things that make you happy in life.These days I would rather take a headache free 15% return than a hard 22% owning a property in a tough area. 4 to 5 years ago you could get houses in A to B areas for 50,000 in some states and drop 10k in and have a 60,000 property for 900 rent.

Secondly, it allows to to "pre-screen" the call in that individuals can leave you a message on the Google Voice voicemail.