I am a high NW professional with excellent credit, pre-approved and can also make cash offers, and own 6 properties currently.  

Yes, I hate seeing the suffering but I am a professional solution profiter, I make $ off solving problems so MORE problems is a giant blue light special. 

I'd recommend working with a tax professional to accomplish this. 

Also it would mean I get a different tenant pool for example travel medical professionals, displaced people due to insurance claims, digital nomads, etc and I really want to expand my knowledge outside of long term tenants and challenge myself to have a diverse portfolio of real estate! 

For those Real Estate Professionals focused on the transactional side of real estate and (not licensed or experienced with real estate financing) I'm not sure how you are doing it? 

Readers should seek professional advice.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Readers should seek professional advice.

Great design, professional photographs, great location.Don't get hung up on micromarkets or submarkets.

Until you scale enough units management makes most sense on the smaller scale being handled in that way, however aggressive paydowns can put you in a strong position to utilize free and clear properties for great funding options down the road on larger properties that allow you to scale your portfolio to where professional management makes sense.