I wanted to buy another house to move and rent out my current house within 2 years.I am happy to find this place so I can imporve my skillset as a landlord

Once all the work was done we rented the home for a couple years and then sold.

I think the best course of action is to keep renting it out as is.

easy to build, rent, refinance repeat. might not be your market. look at the underwriting model. we underwrite every deal not only with fresh comparable but market economics change. land costs go up or down, construction costs go up or down, design modifications improve the property, comp sets can get more favorable or less favorable.

Ive been asked numerous times by folks if I could act as their GC for build-to-rent/build-to-sell properties.- How would this work from a lending perspective?

With a bit of planning and good operations, one can easily manage 20 to 30 properties without an assistant, with less than a day or two a month.There's lots of automated ways to check on rent, make deposits (my tenants deposit directly into a bank account), receive maintenance requests, have maintenance done, etc., etc.One thing I could argue is to have your tenants ONLY email you, especially for maintenance requests, and that email goes directly to the vendor that you have set up to handle it.

Traditionally I rented my apts. usually to families or roommates. 

Someone from Stay Hikaru reached out to us inquiring about our Tampa property.  They are a corporate housing company. Does anyone have any experience with this company? Here's the link to their website: www.stayhikaru...

Do you have the funds to carry the payments if no one is renting it ? 

That said, weigh the cost of renovations against the potential increase in appraisal.