That said, there are many different degrees that you can negotiate on with your current lender. 

The warranties provide some degree of"protection" for repairs initially after closing.

I graduated with an architecture degree two years ago and thought that all I needed to do to become financially free was to get the best job possible that payed me well... dead wrong.

We did our inspections yesterday and all the stacks are bad (cracked to various degrees).  

I know there is no shortage of avenues in which to learn #1 to the degree that I need to, but how would you suggest really becoming knowledgeable on #s 2 and 3?

With that disclaimer, if they're already under the impression that you're the landlord, maintain that degree of separation by suggesting that you are not the sole/main decision maker.

I have a graduate degree from USC in engineering, still work full time, and do well, but working the 9-5 and trading my time for a set amount is what bothers me, I would say for any amount, but that’s not exactly true, but close.

I have a degree in Occupational Therapy so I'm going to that for a bit along with real estate investing.

So it would stand to reason that there is some opportunity to do something (some degree of improvements) to the older/existing MF properties out there. 

Use rules to establish the rest for categorization; you can put the books on a high degree of auto-pilot.