I think that when an investor loses the elements of expertise, control, and liquidity in any investment, things can and will go south rapidly with any bump on the road. 

Then I go to send a message to a handful of  local peeps I want to meet and interact with and after 2-3 messages I just got "banned" and can't send anymore messages??

Hopefully others can benefit from our story as well~Looking forward to our interactions!

I believe the tenants get a better sense of community by interacting and sharing ideas with each other.  

Instead, think respectful and professional interactions, open and honest communication, prompt response to tenant needs, establishment of good property management systems, and customer service. 

From my daily interaction with the market, there is a lot of upside potential.

Each HOA is different, so the key here is to read your By-Laws and maybe even the Declarations to find out what YOUR HOA considers to be a "Limited Column Element".What @Fred Heller said (with an unnecessary amount of snark) is essentially what is most likely to happen.  

These goals should be very simple:1 - You need to pay off all your personal debt2 - You want to have enough passive income to cover all you monthly bills3 - You want to accomplish this by a specific date.4 - You want to have fun doing this.Once you set these numbers, you "reverse engineer" from there, establishing as series of groups (elements of the steps above) called "measurable milestones".  

Im not a key element in buying properties in my business, or any part of it's day to day operations. 

Also, does any owners of units simply go through and replace the anode, thermostat, and heating elements for less then $100 in materials and find that has proven to be a solution to get the units to last another 7 to 8 years?