To answer your question (that wasn’t actually aimed at me) my concerns are investing in an area that I’m completely new to and building an out of state team that will be effective. 

They can offer tailored strategies to help manage your rentals and carpentry business effectively.

In online forums, the danger I've experienced is the "national" effect. 

The sooner you regain control, prove that you fully intend to enforce the terms of your lease, and that you will not be 'played' by their recall of events or documents, the more effective this action will be.  

Too much of our food is coming from Mexico, not only fruits and vegetables but also beef.

There's some mis-information and mis-understanding of AP, the process and it's effect in this thread.

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In effect, you will end up paying tax on your refi cash later on, when you sell the property.

If you do the math, since your borrower is paying interest on interest, it raises your effective interest rate by about a point.

Sub2 is a risky strategy for a long term buy and hold as the longer the deal structure stays in place, the higher the chance that issues will arise (like issues with the loan servicer, insurance, seller filing for bankruptcy, seller dying, seller realizing their DTI ratio and ability to buy their next property is negatively effected and becoming upset about it like in your case, due on sale clause being called, etc.).