I do not have a construction, repair, nor any handyman skills.

As your skills grow, you can renegotiate new terms with your private money investors. 

New skills learned:  re-keying doorknob locksets. 

Hi I am furnishing my triplex in Cleveland and there is an appliance shortage.

In one of the best-known studies illustrating this particular human vanity, in 1981 161 driving students in Sweden and the USA were asked about their safe-driving skills, 93% of the American students considered themselves above-average, while only 69% of the Swedes did likewise.

With the right relationships, you will eventually find the money (retiree's are a great source of capital), experience (those who have run a successful business or businesses), knowledge (real estate law, contract law, title matters, etc.) and skills (negotiation, marketing, leveraging) needed to scale your business.

Value-Add - If you have the skill set and can do it time-effectively, absolute best return. 

What is your skill set? 

You could hit Texas with money flowing into your pocket and the skills to setup a brand new market to profit off of. 

I  understand what you mean by staying out of the contractors way, I do have about 7-10 days before the contractor was going to start work so that's why I was going to remove certain things we already discussed removing.I appreciate the advice about how to being a better employer and trying to manage the overall project rather than getting into some of the details that don't fit my skill set.