I was the agent, New Era Construction ran most of the rehab for me with some other sub-contractors that I hired for plumbing, electrical, paint, landscaping. 402 Title services closed the loan and they do a great job for my other clients too.

The IRS has hired a lot of new, young and agressive auditors to target depreciation schedules.

You will have to hire someone to come to perk tests for your soil.

There is no extra tax preparation for an LLC that is set up by a trust and it does not take hours to set one up if you hire an expert. 

The flip took about 5 months with some work hired out and the rest done by myself as i lived there.

Many experienced investors will hire younger less experienced investors to help with the hard work/property management/rehab etc.

So I’m needing helping on securing a mortgage for a short term rental, I have a job but I’m a contractor so several banks told me I needed to get hired on full time first in order to get approval.

If it is not for you, hire a professional PM. 

Columbus has OSU which is a real estate machine as well as supplies lots of jobs and people come from all over to attend the school itself, Battelle, L-Brands, the headquarters of white castle, the headquarters of Wendys and ect.

Look into hiring a mentor or finding others that have experience.