Hey @Matt Jones are you referring to someone specifically performing the lease-up but you manage the rental/lease after move-in?

To find and convert sellers you'll need to work on and improve your sales skills - mainly, you need to know what you're doing (the process), know the product (market comps), and know how to get to the closing table.

It only performs tasks per direction. 

Did it improve retention, or did they not care as much as you expected?

Revenue yes, because the correct SFH product in the correct location is performing well.

Their split was $130k improvements and $220k land.

A taxpayer will be considered a real estate professional if (1) more than one-half of the total personal services the taxpayer performs in trades or businesses are performed in real property trades or businesses in which the taxpayer materially participates and (2) the taxpayer performs more than 750 hours of services during the tax year in real property trades or businesses in which the taxpayer materially participates.  

I’ve personally used a mix of refinancing and private lenders to extend terms when balloon payments are coming up, especially if the property is performing well and has good equity.For some of the more creative deals, working with private lenders can be a game-changer as they’re often more flexible with terms.

Many are performing the subcontracted labor because they lack the means to provide those essential requirements, particularly with roofing.3.

I never even been to NC, but I can tell you that every market in this country performs basically the same when it comes to flips- there's no such thing as a bad market, people are making hucketloads money flipping houses in every city in this country every day, guaranteed.