I don't know if my DTI at that point will prevent me from getting the refi.  

I know some investors look for sinkhole properties to invest, but what I am looking for is ways to prevent ended up buying one.

I am rooting for you to succeed. 

I found when buying property a lot of the time in the first couple months I will take care of any deferred maintenance issues and do preventative maintenance as well.

I'd recommend you work with a tax professional to make sure everything's done right because it just gets more expensive to fix things later on...that whole "ounce of prevention" thing.

The more complex aspects include circumnavigating the security measures intended to prevent scraping from occurring.

[@Tim Morales, what's preventing you going straight to conventional Refi?]

While California Law prohibits HOAs from preventing solar panel installations, how do I fight this issue to get the HOA to approve my roof to be replaced with composite shingle?

To prevent this in the future, please just write a custom message to each person that you try to contact on BiggerPockets!

Them not being responsive is another problem and should absolutely be addressed with the broker/owner of the company.From your comments you definitely do not need to be managing this yourself but think twice before letting others convince you that the PM is the root of all your problems.To answer your questions:Leases run with the land meaning the same lease stays in effect no matter whose name is listed as the landlord between management transfers or even a sale.