I'm wondering if other members have identity theft, and if it's helped them restore their identity after a breach.

Then I began looking into real estate and it changed my quality of life and helped me get out of depression and from a deep identity crisis.

It has an identity of sorts for you, the new chapter of the Skye that made it. 

However I really don't want to manage my properties I rather focus my time on acquiring more properties, but there are just so many companies to choose from, since the cost of most of them are identical is there any recommendations for property managers in the metro Phoenix area?

It's part of the MO for "people" to collect PI to then facilitate identity theft.  

Looking around on zillow in my city of san antonio and i find a house thats being foreclosed for 160k, everything looks to be in good condition.... a few blocks away i find a literal mirror image of the same property ...

Its a town home, that really amounts to a duplex that is divided into 2 identical but separate units. 

Coincidentally, mom bought it for $80K in around 2006, and currently on the market for about $300K, almost identical situation to yours. 

This is preserving a culture, history, and identity within a city.

We have a local club that I organized: http://www.meetup.com/Israeli-Real-Estate-Investment-Club/ Join the club and feel free to send me a PM if you have any questions.