If you are looking for a GC to handle a bigger job, you could try MK3 Construction, that's our internal GC company that handles our rental jobs.  

Right now we are just trying to figure out what repairs to let the renter handle on their own (at their request) and what to have a contractor or handyman come in and do. 

I'm guessing a local lender has seen this sort of property before and would know exactly how it is handled.

Have any fees collected at closing by whatever legitimate title/escrow company is handling your closing. 

I got advice from my lawyer but handled it myself.I went to the door and spoke to the person explaining the situation.

Do I need a real estate agent, or would something like this be handled through the bank and insurance company? 

I don't collect security deposits because of the major headaches surrounding their handling in Mass, FWIW. 

Carpet at entry points, typically the living room.Second is probably storm doors and window screens in my neck of the woods.Third would be shelves, crisper drawers, or door bars in refrigerators.

If you are risk adverse real estate, (especially out of state) is not for you.Also as an FYIThe most popular markets for out of state investing are Cleveland, OhioToledo, OhioMemphis, TennesseeBirmingham, AlabamaKansas City, MissouriIndianapolis, Indiana Detroit, MichiganEach of these markets is popular with turnkey investors because of the low barrier to entry, high rental demand & high rent to price ratio.

In order to only pay Indiana state income tax and not CA, we were going to create an administrative management company to operate it in CA that would handle our CA employees/office/ marketing operations, etc... but it looks like there were some changes to nexus laws that focus on point of sale to source the business.