You should hire a seasoned real estate agent that understands the market.

hire people to do the repairs-the owners pay for it whether you do it or you hire someone to do it. 

In your second post you recommend hiring "a legit STR manager and pocket[ing] the profits".

Consult an STR expert and hire an inspector for confidence.

If you are new, you want the teaching type.You can hire individual specialists in asset protection, legal documents, estate planning, and so on, but my belief is that it's better to get that in a training program focused on real estate investing by investors. 

The account rep I was assisgned, Michael Johnson, has been exceptional. 

We were desperate to get the house cleaned and ready for tenants and hired our PM with hopes that this would be resolved much quicker.

Hire a PM to manage the current primary once it becomes a rental. 

I'm assuming there's lots of stuff out there that's way cheaper.I originally wanted to just buy a couple lists of 10k numbers each of targeted motivated sellers, and then hand them off to a VA company that will dial them, but I was told it'll be a much better business if I get proficient myself and then hire my own VA's and train them.

My title rep pulled a property profile on the house and it shows as a 2/2.