Now when I went ahead and measured my property, street to fence and so forth, I continuously came up with  109x105, Roughly that is .29 acres, I measured and remeasured  and always come up short.

The target property almost definitely has to be a value add minimally distressed property that can be refinanced after repairs, or a straight up fix and flip.

For term-based work (construction, renovations, additions, etc.) set completion dates, paid milestones, and if you can afford it, bonuses awarded for completing work ahead of schedule (with specific wording to make sure they complete work up to code, quality, etc.)3.)

What you describe is exactly what it is... if you have a good deal then you ideally then you've not really spent any money and hopefully even come out a little ahead and it is repeatable in a comparatively rapid pacing.

I still have my regular job @ 50k a year but the properties pay for themselves, extra cash goes straight towards the principal on the mortgages.

That said...go ahead and add the cost of a nice wrought iron fence and sliding gates on the front end.

With it we went to schlage encode locks so we do not have to have a controller and can program straight through wifi.

I’ve heard many people have property managers collect rent paid to the property managers bank account straight up then trust them to wire them their cut. 

Etc 50/50 online and money ordersThey send me ETF on the 20th straight into my account  

You are already asking better questions than people that are on their 3rd and 4th homes, so you are ahead of a lot of people.