It is harder than you think- It's crucial.The third defense is to be a good customer -  list the details of the job, have the materials selected and purchased or be quick to answer questions.  

I personally service all of my customers beginning to end and am available through the life of the loan.

I'm an active duty member as well and I'm glad to see the growing popularity of real estate investing among military members.

I don't recall the brand, but they were a ready to assemble (RTA) model   They are fantastic quality (3/4" plywood boxes, semi custom) and reasonably priced.If you make it up my way, make sure to drop in.

I work full-time at UTC for the College of Business and have an Etsy shop where I do lots of custom watercolors of homes, pets, and weddings that is helping to fund faster growth in rentals. 

Another investor beat me to my first choice property, but James sent a personal customized video response to me via email with a few other, similar recommendations. 

It easily prints customized and personal letters, prints labels on a roll, or 30 on a page.

The equity position in most smaller BRRR projects (ie SFR's, the most popular version of BRRR mentioned on these threads) often has a better use.

We did the whole shower including the pan, custom tile (not premade enclosure or pan), new shower valve, new shower door. 

@Jack Bobeck The property is pretty sound, but it could use some curve appeal and I worked for a rather popular landscape company during the summers while I was in high school so I can fix the property's appeal on my own.