Evans maybe a house hack and 3.5% down loan or team up with a local flipper on first couple deals to learn the ropes.

Repair Estimation/Budgeting - Ability to create detailed Scopes of Work & repair costs budgetsBudget Tracking - Ability to track your actual expenses against your initial budgetScheduling - Ability to create a project plan & track project progressChecklists/To Dos - Ability to track daily to-dos and checklists of items that need to be completedCalendars - Ideally all of your Schedules & To-Dos feed into a Calendar that you can use to manage all of your projects in one location.Document Management - Place to store project documents and photosHere are some Project Management tools that you might consider: Trello/Asana/Zoho Projects/Basecamp - General project management software that includes tasks, Gantt scheduling, calendars, project forums, document storage & team collaboration tools. 

Best to do your homework and really learn all of the neighborhoods, build a power team, or partner up with an investor that knows the market and has a team in place.As for how I'm handling the high taxes...

It's not about you though, it's the motive and rationalization of the alleged perpetrator at that exact moment that is at issue.There's a lot to be said for cultivating and maintaining the very best tenants possible, as you would your team of contractors, agents, attorney, CPA, lenders... 

He wins, you not so much.I guess it really just depends on how you structure it and how he gets compensated.Everybody on your team, and your partners in particular, have to be rowing in the same direction, and that means you all (as in all y'all) need to have a financial interest in making sure it gets done on time and on budget. 

I'm very open to building partnerships, and working with teams who are already established in markets with high upside for keep and hold strategies.

Everyone thinks that they can do this, and many don't truly understand how much work is involved and the team that is required to make a deal happen.  

I believe that great success can be made only with great people in your team.

I am newly investing in the Stark County area, specifically Canton and I am looking to build my team. 

You have to have a solid trustworthy boots on the ground type of person on your team.