Now lending wants to require that I hire out the management.

Between Covid delays for permitting, construction delays to keep bringing the inspector and engineer back in as we found more and more structural issues, then amending the plans and waiting on them to be approved by the city after each amendment, plus a GC I hired that lied about his level of experience and took forever to finish plus ignored every material selection I made and ran with his own finishes that were mostly bargain basement closeout garbage, it took a year and a half to get this from acquisition to stabilized. 

For sure not Ivy league mandatory, but also they aren't hiring from the local community college. 

I once hired a tenant who lost his job for 2 months as my assistant.

You can hire another plumber to scope it for you and show you that video and give you an opinion.  

I have finally broken down and hired a VA and purchased some CRM software programs to help me.

;)  To be honest I was planning on doing a lot myself, or at least hiring the trades and running the project myself. 

Put up no trespassing signs and hire some security. 

If you believe hiring someone would be cheaper compared to when you do the job and include your time, I would say hire a handyman.

Should I hire a project manager to assess my new project or just wait for inspection?