Has anyone hired someone on payroll to oversee their personal portfolio?  

I personally prefer when investors have some skin in the game.

As a person who has purchased hundreds of mortgage notes (non-performing and performing) and done many seller finance deals let me tell you if this was the case wouldn't all banks require the buyer (their borrower) to get such a deed so that if their borrowers do not pay then they don't have to go through foreclosure.  

Quote from @David Tiefenthaler: Brandon is a great teacher and a good person, but that book teaches methods that are not good for investors and are more likely to get you in trouble.

The complaint was that we gave an apartment to a family and not her (single person). 

I am thinking Des Moines may be a good place for me to start for some personal and professional reasons.

Trying to do this more to get my name out there no doubt!

In my personal opinion, that's kind of the way wholesaling is able to work though.

Although have another person nearby.  

@Nick Rutkowski I have not personally but know people who have land contracts and lease the land to large corporations to build to suit.