Jeremy Pace ah...I guess that would help huh?

How loans should be:  Approve a loan with a specific buyer(s), seriously put them through all paces including tax transcripts, employer verification, account verifications for any downpayments, gifts, whatever they need for approving at their target price, all documents needed to give them total clearance for x amount for PI before they ever walk into a home looking to buy (with no change in income or debts, of course).  

As the market gets tougher for quick flip candidates I would rather slow the pace down and make more on each transaction (through tax savings) than have to go out and actually hustle.  

The drum sander will create low spots everywhere if you don't keep moving and move at a consistent pace. 2.

I got started house hacking, local, hands on, learn as you go, everything under my immediate control, expanding at a conservative but steady pace as my knowledge, skills, and capital allowed ... learned risk management actually from my career as a spacecraft systems engineer ... basically, you methodically map out all of the risks (ways things can go wrong) then reverse engineer your investment and financial position in that investment to hedge, mitigate, or all together avoid these risks.

Asset management – Making the right decisions to improve the financial performance, while also improving the resident experience at the same pace.

Learned at my own pace.  

While this is at least something, I just want to make sure that I'm maximizing my current cash reserves before exhausting it on a single option which provides a low amount of cash flow.So I'm just trying to work through all of this and determine what the best course of action is with respect to making progress at a reasonable pace in my market.

You can move at a slow or steady pace if you wish, but at least you'll get some management & rehab experience under your belt.

Plenty of other pockets in Pensacola make for good rentals as well as Pace and Gulf Breeze.