I'm wondering if it's worth the crazy labor cost to pay someone to do the work, or if it's a project I could do myself.  

First property purchase, didn’t want to pay mortgage so decided to house hack.

If you are near break even on the investment, it is still a phenomenal investment, because other people are paying it off.Look at it like your 401K - it isn’t cash flowing either - yet we are dutifully tossing money into it month after month.  

Look for hard Money for %80 of each property, then do a cash out refinance and pay the hard Money Lenders.

Now I have to relocate the tenant, pay for hotel accommodations and the home is not habitable. 

What do you like about paying it yourself?

I'm looking for alternatives as they've been increasing the price and I'm paying close to 70 bucks a month on the software. 

He accused me of stealing and said he needs proof that he did not pay the deposit.

@Andrew Lax sorry, not quite following what you are asking here - are you asking if you should pay full price for a house?

Obviously wholesalers is a main way but 9 out of 10 times you will need to pay with cash or HM and probably won’t have an inspection or option period.