It's intended to be a long term hold, so I have interest in resolving deferred maintenance.I'm working through what I need to get done, and could use some advice on what I should have the pest company do, what I should hire a contractor for and what I should take on. 

The one part that people seem to miss with BRRRR and delayed financing is adding rehab costs to your settlement statementbefore you close the house, get an invoice from your contractor for the work and have this included on the HUDYou'll pay for it up front and the escrow will disburse to that your contractorthen when you refi WITHOUT SEASONING you can get back your entire cash input

If I buy a house for $55k, it needs $25k in reno, I'll throw BOTH the $55k on as the Contract Sales Price and the $25k to cover the quote from my contractor for the entire reno budget on as Settlement Charges to Buyer, bringing the Gross Amount Due from Buyer to $80k.

Right now I am working on assembling a team:Real Estate AgentsReal Estate AttorneysCPA'sGeneral Contractors Lenders @Tim Jones, Many thanks for that google tip. 

When I say manage I don't necessarily mean managing the property yourself, but you could hire a management company, you could put a team of people together to assist you with investing (agent, contractor etc).

The contractors will pull the permits.

And where should I find a contractor?

We've even lined up friends who are contractors to help us for the rehab.

Even going with private money rolled to new permanent financing would open the door to many more properties and more options for contractors and scope  and grade of improvements.

Michael Guzik do a walk through the property with a contractor to get an idea on rehab numbers.