I am more of a buy and hold guy as flipping turned out to not work for my schedule.

I've decided to look outside of the area and found the Central Valley to be most appealing due to job creation.  

I just wanted to give my support and say that you are doing a great job just doing your homework and asking for advice.

Michael Mulholland from Caveat Emptor has done inspections on several of my deals and is not only thorough and professional, but also easy to schedule and prompt with his reports.

It is hard to trust someone you have no relationship with to be responsible to get the job done, done right and not be over-charged - there are times when you don't mind paying a premium for a job well done.About 10 years I did a 1031 tax deferred exchange into a house on Amelia Island, (outside of Jacksonville), I am in Baltimore, we do have a person we trust to do our work - since we only get to our home compound a few times a year.So tell us............. how's real estate investing in Miami, Florida?

Your job at this point is to listen to your DB, stay calm, and communicate in a very businesslike manner.

I have been attending the SavannahREIA and have the AtlantaREIA  and other Meetup.com event my schedule allows on my radar.

In the end, ideally, I would be quitting my day job to run this company.  

PM sounds like a jerk.. and your stuck defending someone you hired to do the best job possible for you.. they dropped the ball and you need to further monitor what they are up do and doing by physically taking action and checking what's up.  

My second goal is to create an income stream that will surpass my previous employments, which will allow me to stay home with my kids and keep a flexible work schedule.