Since you're investing from a distance, I recommend interviewing multiple agents, lenders, property managers, contractors, and other professionals to build a strong and reliable team.

My contractor has gotten impatient waiting for him and has started taking matters into his own hands (he did the jack hammering of the floors which my plumber said had "complications" and would "take forever to get through"). 

I worked with developers and contractors for many years and the best way I saw this type of situation proceed was for the individual to partner with a mass homebuilder - depends on how big the property is - and also partner with a GC to install the infrastructure to the specs of the homebuilder.

A client of mine recently invested there and raves aboutt the ease of finding solid contractors who stick to the budget.One piece of advice: before jumping into any market, spend time understanding the local economy, demand drivers (like job growth and population trends), and the landloard laws.

Unless you are confident in estimating the renovations needed, I would highly recommend getting a contractor's professional opinion of the rehab costs.

Water is shut off and they are removing the electrical meter.

It does not take that many hours to look at a property, sign a contract or even manage tenants.If you are bored in your 9-5 it's time to move on to a job where you learn and get challenged so you can grow.

If anyone on here would like to finish their project, I am a contractor working over there.

We are contractors with different expertise and want to figure out a way that is fair both to get compensated.

She owns a PM company and she is also a licensed contractor because she was tired of GC's ripping her off.