Lucky this is a very dry part of the US, we don't tend to get the mold issues as frequently as a lot of other places, either way I did want to do the LVP floors

Cap rate is frequently over emphasized and sometimes misleading. 

I reside in Atlanta, Ga and right now I’m frequently flying back.

So after I got smart, we went room to room, how the air vents worked with the HVAC, open and close the vents, not the temperature of the house, how to turn shower and tub off an on, adjust the water, use each appliance, including the basics of how much can fit in a washer, difference of a freezer and frig, how a vacuum works, removing dirt, how to lock windows and doors, everything!

We live close by and can check on our units frequently (weekly if needed).  

I would recommend joining a master mind group and meeting on a frequent basis.

We should be familiar with the concept of return on investment, and not agonize over cost in a vacuum. 

I would call your realtor to get a comp analysis as part of your refi process- they may also know of some lenders who work with this kind of situation frequently (especially if you have an investor friendly agent)

The process looked like this:  TSP wash and degrease area by switch plates, scrub baseboards, scrub angle turn valve, scrub top of vanity light bar, scrub top of door frame...then cut in ceiling of each room, then remove exhaust vent cover and vacuum around it, then paint ceiling of each room, then paint baseboards, then cut in wall color (which actually means entirely paint some tight areas), then apply first coat of wall color, then apply second coat of wall color, then hit the cut in areas again where there aren't two coats. 

I've been visiting those forums pretty frequently and some of your responses in them helped get me ready for buying my first place both by helping me know where to look for spots and breaking through the analysis paralysis