It seems like you must be a pretty capable guy to have done both this long!

And when a person does that, there license is at risk with NAR because it's a violation to do business your not capable or competent of doing. 

I've actually never used 'scripts'  but I don't discount them as being good 'game plans' or the idea of them as a guidelineBBall players like Kobe Bryant or stephen curry relentlessley practiced fundamentals of basketball, shooting, drills, stretching... basically I'm trying to see best practices and see if I could hone or retweak my own.Thanks

Talk to your lender, your capabilities are limited by your DTI & length of time your loan was held. 

The biggest thing to me, is downside protection and capital preservation, and large MF is much more capable of absorbing the affects of a down market.

I'm capable of managing the property myself from New York, filling vacancies, calling for maintenance, etc. 

I'm not looking to hold someone's hand, I'm looking for someone who has already done a couple of projects already and wants to scale.Like a tennis player trying to get better, I'd love a partner who's "better" than me, but I'll settle for commensurate!

Common on you experience players out there. 

It feels really good knowing that we didn't totally screw up, and that we were capable of actually doing this! 

Ahhh...come on @Alora Glaze I only did 12 renovations last year on managed properties ;) But you're right...most PM's are not GC's or capable of drafting a scope of work and project managing a renovation.