And, welcome to the next stage of "coming out." :-) I was in Naval Air myself, though it was back in '67 - '70.

Then adding one final insult to home owners, DORA was supposed to address abusive, duplicative, and excessive CAM fees assessed home owners (pocketed mostly by CAI members) by requiring “full disclosure” of fees in licensing rules.

I do not have FHA financing in place yet so I am not quite at the looking stage.  

I'm in a similar situation as you in the "education" stage, trying to read and learn as much as I can about the real estate investment business. 

Should I rely him to arrange the repair, landscape, painting and staging?

I'm still in the early stages!  

I am in the early stages of being property in Kansas City so I would appreciate any referrals (property managers, etc.) that you can can send my way. 

I really don't want to go the cash for keys route at this stage and want to make sure this doesn't drag out.Here is my strategy for handling this situation.1.

If you had a million dollars sitting in a money market account collecting less than 1% per year what would or could you do to leverage that capital without incurring excessive risk?

Just as a every product as its own product life cycle : Innovation stage / Growth stage / Maturity stage / Decline, every city below is at different stages in its life cycle.