Any creative I deals on how I can get this financed? 

I use 1 bedroom condo's and it's an ideal fit, you have to research your HOA to make sure it's allowed.

Ideally, we want the entire process to be managed locally to Hawaii to maintain authenticity and manage logistics effectively (stamps from Hawaii and not the mainland).Unfortunately, I haven't found a local company on the Big Island that offers these services.

Curious if anyone could provide rough cost to use when estimating for A/C replacement in Phoenix and Tucson Metros, ideally 3-ton, 4-ton, 5-ton replacement costs to account for varying home sizes.

I'm confused because ideally, you have a strategy and target what you're going after.

Given the ideal situation when owning a rental property (for this example residential 1-4 units) is to hold that property in it's own LLC for liability and tax purposes. 

If this deal makes sense financially and there is enough room to bring on a partner or even syndicate, that would be ideal.

I think ideally I'd want to get a place that isn't a high priced cheap flip.

However, within 5 years or less I ideally would like to be able to at least cut back how many days per week I’m working, and start transitioning into doing real estate more, eventually full-time. 

And ideally it wouldn't be thousands of miles away.