I do have a FTJ and with 2 kids under 3, the alarm goes off at 430 to knock out my REI tasks before my day “starts”.

You could get a couple quotes from GCs who can knock out everything for you in one go and compare that to hiring and coordinating the major items directly.There are roughly two broad categories of GCs.

You can probably knock out a "normal" days school work in a couple hours at home vs being there for 7 hours.

You will be well past the holidays and into the next year before listing.All I would say plan accordingly, if you see a one week break in weather it might be time to knock out some exterior work and move inside if possible when rain/snow is hammering down.

I am all about quality over quantity, ideally id like to knock out a rehab in 12 weeks with me and my crew of guys considering I've read so many horror stories from dealing contractors alone.

Pre order all of your furniture, theming items etc and store them so that when the time comes, you are ready to knock out any updates and not interrupt any guest experience.

You can hire your own handyman to knock out all this stuff paying his daily rate for 20-25% of the total costs.

And it would knock out a portion of our monthly cash flow to cover the new mortgage.Any recommendations??

Anyway- no matter what state your in, if you are financing the home, and using it as security you need to jump through the SAFE act stuff- which will probably knock out about all of your tenants from being able to finance the home. 

Thx folks u guys are knockout!