Oh, and the 100+ jobs I applied for... yeah they weren't hiring anymore.

Or you can hire a local lawyer who specializes in landlord tenant law to assist you. 

We have the scale to hire fantastic 3rd party property management with full time people at our properties, so we as the owners can focus on big picture items.There's nothing at all wrong with small-midsize multifamily deals.

I'm looking to hire a company that can do as much as possible.

Once the house is ready I’m going to hire a photographer for pictures. 

I'm hiring an HVAC tech to check it and make sure it's in solid condition ahead of the winter season and ensure my tenants are in good shape and can stay warm. 

Defining your criteria may include things like do you want to manage a small local portfolio yourself, or plan to allocate 10% and hire a property management company?

Would you recommend hiring a bird dog or posting a small gig on Craigslist in search of photographers? 

If he or she is just handing someone some keys or call a repairman for you, then you are probably fine, but better to be safe than sorry for not hiring a professional property manager to oversee and manage everything on your behalf

The justification I have for it is that virtually any other investor who hired us to do work would be getting the same amount of work done and paying my rate as well as my employees rates... functionally putting them in debt the same amount I would be-- and since I am doing the work of scheduling, ordering materials, overseeing, carrying insurance, quality control etc. etc. it makes sense that I be paid for that work, even if I am my own client.