@Dumitru Anton, thank you for the recommendation, I do plan on relying on the military focused sub forum to help me with specific challenges.

I am dealing with four properties with them as I have financial power of attorney for my ill father, who owns them (so this is all quite new to me).

Make sure you have good power of sale clause, as well as having them sign a quit claim deed in advance so if they do stop paying, you don't have to chase them down or spend money to get it from them, if they vacate and disappear.

I am from Cincinnati and focused on Multifamily.

I am a long term hold focused cash flow focused investor, equity is just icing for me.

That will help you focus your search.

I plan on still utilizing him as a contractor, and would like to as a broker, but not sure how much of a focus I am for him feeding me leads. 

To help you focus, I'll give you a snap shot of what I look for, it may work for you, I don't know for sure but it works great for me.  

Late 2017/ early 2018, I used my free time to focus on crypto.

Focus your rank list on 1.