You want to buy more rentals, so why not use the money to get started on that sooner rather than later? 

All of these are within a half-hour's drive or slightly more. 

The builder will have more control after the project starts.

I recently switched insurance carriers for two of my rental properties and about two months after coverage started, I received a letter for each property with a list of items to be remediated within 40 days or coverage would be revoked.

In 2011 we started a PM company.

Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.

We had a squatter break into a home we had just rented but lease hadn't started yet, they let themselves in through the doggy door.

Advice on getting started?

I would also say review everything they do and set up this way you can start learning how it is done and what is required so you can do it yourself in the future if that's the route that you are wanting to take. 

Good evening all, just getting started in my journey.