I will work with landlords and house hackers, however, since most properties I find that dont work for my investment business can work great for them.Also, I now have many more tools in my toolbelt that other agents dont have, I have a crew that can do work, know a ton of contractors/trades and can get materials for pretty cheap.  

There's a trade off with the retirement accounts, you're losing some control and investment flexibility but you're saving taxes. 

As the title suggests, where do you guys find your non-skilled labor?

My suggestion would be to hold if it’s performing unless there was an opportunity to trade up to a significantly better quality asset, like a B+/A location (GV, Summerlin)

Management is a skill that takes time and experience to learn.

If rates go over 5% for any stretch of time, sell sell sellI am a very skilled spec builder so my experiences personally have had enhanced opportunities.

They typically trade off market though and have a high barrier to entry due to pricing.

I would present him with the option of you getting a professional cleaning company to come in and scrub the place down which you would cover, but the trade off would be you would need to raise rent to full market value going forward.

Hopefully your broker understand the language and needs of an investor - my experience is that most agents do not have the skills or experience to be very helpful to investors.

That said, I would recommend mapping out what the various strategies look like in terms of time, experience, skills and capital required.