Or the communication with contractors is bad.

OOS require more communication and commitment on both sides.

I have already communicated with the seller & told them I wasn’t going to move forward with the deal.  

Is there a good strategy to most efficiently pull about 75k out to buy some SFH?

Instead of communicating this to me the account rep chose to ingore my phone calls.   

Last one – any strategies on communicating to the Realtor that their listing is not effective and instructing how to change it without stepping on toes? 

The lender has been ignoring all these communications.

More of the same is usually the key to incremental improvements (or "kaizen" if you follow Toyoda inspired management theory), synergies, efficiencies and eventually mastery.However one duplex does not make a strategy - I changed to SF after my first duplex almost 10 years ago after I realized I did not have the time to scale the more management intense 2 families.So I would ask the question, what are the 10 next properties you will acquire?

You lose control and efficiency when managing remotely. 

A background as a Realtor or Wholesaler will find this type of work easy to learn but experience is not required.Helpful Skills (not required but helpful):Outside Sales and/or Inside Sales, Telemarketing, Wholesale, Realtors, etc.Required Skills:Must be coachable, can execute tasks without direct daily oversight, good communicator, can talk on the phone with real people, take good notes, organized, etc.