After assessor comes out and consults with insurance company, they'll send demo guys out to come do demo work and remove wet drywall, insulation, etc. they'll usually put down dehumidifiers and let the place air out a bit to see what actually needs replacing and what was able to dry out.

We did all the research and comps ourself and did not hire either an appraiser or an attorney. 

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

This is when you hire a staging professional or staging company to come in, make recommendations, and do the work for you.

I intend to continue to scale a bit in this area, but eventually I'd like to either sell or hire someone to manage everything.

As part of his investment of capital into scaling, he hired a marketing firm specializing in SEO, SEM, social media, direct email, etc.  

Implement documented repeatable processes to reduce errors and improve service levels.By being efficient, and cutting some of your costs you can hire better talent with the leftover cash. 

You must hire locals who are familiar and acclimated to the culture of the city you plan to create rentals in. 

Then you specialize or hire legal, operations, finance, investor relationships, concept, deal analysis, Which investment level your at determines what experience you need.  

It's definitely making me a better investor because I'm able to do my books myself now instead of having to hire a bookkeeper.