There is no shortage of people who will help you, but they aren't looking for you, you need to look for them. networking is NOT a natural talent, it's a skill like any other that you get better at with practice. 

In my area I would pay a laborer $80-100 per day and a handyman $100-150 per day depending on the type of work and the skill and experience of the person.

As a new, out of state investor, unless you have a lot of time, skills and knowledge, you might want to consider working with a good turn key company, otherwise, there are a lot of moving parts and a lot of different people that you need to line up and you have to get it right with every one of them.

I have never worked as a manager but I do know that people skills are high on the list of qualifications.

Real estate requires lots of money sales skills and good credit .

Will you maintain marketable skills to rejoin the workforce in a more palatable occupation?

after being gone for almost exactly a month (I left on April 19, got home May 16). 3 weeks of 6 ten-hour-days of hands-on rehab (with a great crew of workers), and another 5 days of before prep, after mop-up & travel.Everything is mostly done -- the tenants are skilled enough to fix the remaining items  - drywall texture, baseboard throughout the house, put in a few doors, replace some outlets, & install a range hood, replace cupboard doors, finish painting touch-up, & replace outside gate.

Leaning to screen and manage tenants is another key skill to having a decent stress free live as a landlord. 

It's just two different ways to do it based on your budget & amount of time / skill you want to put into it.

@Jeff Koehler put an ad on craigslist, or learn a simple skill that a flipper would find handy.