I talked to Bench.co, but they aren't cost efficient for real estate. 

If you run an efficient business, even if you are a top producer, you always have time for coffee. 

I am able to handle tenant and maintenance issues in a more efficient and productive way.Did that answer your question?

On the other end of the spectrum, you find the {near}vacant building, buy it for nearly nothing, and give it a deep retrofit (energy efficiency improvements, layout improvements, update core systems, and refinish throughout).  

To be efficiently with my limited funds I have to brrrr so I can scale and use all the cash flow and attack one property at a time.

I'm not like most people on BP in that I think that the REI market is pretty darn efficient. 

If I do find someone who is reliable and worked efficiently in my first deal, I'll make sure to relay them to you!

I would like for a contractor to just build a shell, maybe out of cinder block if that’s the cheapest but efficient method.

I had a few small properties with repair issues, and one year I was down there every other week spending half days patching holes in the walls after plumbing repairs because it was not cost efficient to hire someone to patch small holes. 

They spend on fluff that has no bearing on rental rates or spend extra on efficiency upgrades when utilities are in tenants name.