We can bring in an excellent local PM with great independent BP members recommendation..

I don't plan to ever sell it as it'll make a great rental when I'm done living in it years from now, but the excellent financial aspect of it's appreciation was pure luck of timing.

Plus you’ll be building rapport with brokers and starting to build those relationships.

What are some of the systems, excel sheets, etc do you guys use to run the numbers to see if the property is worth moving forward to seeing.ThanksRay

In general good candidates will have the following: 5 or more years residential construction experience their own subcontractors already in place, so they must be within about 25 mikes of the assigned zip code their ability to estimate a job is essential so they will have to have direct experience doing so as well as solid knowledge in estimation software they should know excel and other basic computer skills, its definitely preferred but if not we can get them an online courseThank you

I am all about win-win relationships.

There's no magic bullet here... just build relationships. 

John since you're new it might not be in your best interest to fire them. what I really think you should do is invest some of your time managing your relationship with the property manager.

I should also add that @Larry Smet runs an excellent meetup/networking group that you should look into.

While I think what you are doing is excellent, personally I would adjust 2 things:1.