If you are going to be doing the same stuff around there you will be spending much time down there.so get use to doing that and building a relationship with them.The better you get to know them, you'll be treated better. 

Besides day-to-day stuff (lease ups, paperwork, maint), you should be able to have a regular conversation (monthly?)

A lot of his advice is very general, vaguely optimistic stuff you can get from anyone on any 5-minute YouTube video. 

You mentioned CapEx stuff. 

If a pawn shop was in a great office building downtown, they might be the best, but no one would sell them their stuff in a pinch because they aren’t on the corner with a bright colored sign shouting out pawn shop.

I'm self-employed now as a freelance photographer/ videographer (think B2B stuff).

With California having that hefty ~$700 annual fee, you might just have one LLC that does your flips and leave the long term stuff in your personal name. 

You recruit and train and coach and develop agents and they take care of all of the stuff above. 

A handyman can fix a lot of broken stuff but is not a worthy substitute when it comes to tenant management.

Usually, you'll need to be a realtor (TM) to get access.However, you may need to bump the buyer broker fee since brokers shop stuff based on their potential commission.