Keep in mind, if the subdivision is not by-right and your investment group wants to seek a variance, you are able to do so as the equitable owner meaning you don't have to purchase the property before submitting your zoning application, receiving your refusal and appealing to the ZBA.

I keep hearing about how much a VA can take off your plate (not just with RE) and was wondering if any of you'll have experience using one and how you went about it.

The biggest advice to keep the contractor motivated is to give them a 10% bonus if they finish before schedule and deduct 5% if they run over finish date.

They try to use it as last month's rent or fail to clean because they assume the Landlord is going to keep the deposit anyway (far too many Landlords do).

Keep that in mindSecond, this is a house hack scenario but some of your intended plans are over developing without ROI.

I am watching him because he has some great insights and his failures will keep me from making those same mistakes.I'm doing my first STR in North Phoenix (Near Scottsdale) in a $725,000 5 bed 3 bath full house with pool that I bought and I'm using high end design, so my experience will be totally different than his.

If you don't want to keep them then wait for 60 days prior to the end of the contract and notify them.Good Investing...

Any advice or responses are much appreciated.On a new build, I’d highly recommend using a gc, too many moving parts (literally) to keep track of, & if you screw something up, it could be a massive disaster. 

Keep us posted on your progress!

Keep in mind I am brand new at this.