Since your a hands on person and have contractor contacts.  

Hiring a contractor to assist with repairs and a property management company to manage rental.

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I have a contact at a military contractor that has employees transfer in for a 3-5 year gig.

I will have a contractor do most of the work from now on Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

As a licensed contractor, I can provide insights to make sure you’re getting the best value and quality for your project.

Is in there, but a great thing you can do now is get your "core 4" figured out - agent/lender/manager/contractor - obviously you can adjust this and do one of the pieces yourself (self-manage for example) or don't need a contractor if you do only turnkey etc but getting this nailed down early is key

Even Cash out refi's don't give you the flexibility of the HELOC because you don't have to use it if you don't need it and therefore save on not having as much interest costs when paying installments to  contractors or bills of any sort while still getting tax advantages, pay for down payments or cut outright cash deals for ANYTHING.

These are NOT employees according to the website, they’re independent contractors who receive 1099 at the end of the year.  

I'm a licensed RE agent, contractor, and investor.