I have been looking at properties with a new perspective.

So from the time of notice... to move-out... to walk-through... to cleaning/updating for next tenant, I'm just wounding how workflow for this procedure might go from the perspective of an out of town property owner. 

Money Mustache blog for an eye-opening and different perspective on personal finance... good for anyone, but especially powerful for young people

You can look into accelerating the depreciation that you can claim to allow for bigger tax benefits in the beginning years which may be worth it from a time-value-of-money perspective.

Would this help me from liability perspective?

I will offer perspective from a park owner.  

We may be in over our head, so after we meet with some builders hopefully we'll have a better perspective on everything.

Thank you for your extra questions and perspective!

I am a perspective buy-and-hold investor in the Seattle area with ambitions of building a sizable rental portfolio.

He would have good perspective.