I find some parts of the process (Organizing purchases/deliveries, Payment, and managing important details) quite inefficient and painful at times. 

This is the technical aspect of marketing before you even get to the parts we normally think of as marketing: copy, style, delivery, etc. 

Within 72 hours of delivery, the property manager informed me that the HOA would be happy to cover the repairs.

No rush printing, no first class mail (for postcards), no overnight delivery - all that can easily add 20% to the cost of your campaigns.

I'm awaiting delivery on Brandon Turner's book on Rental Property Investing at the moment as well.One of my biggest questions that I cannot find a solid answer to is about direct lenders/financing.  

I've just finished my 50-ton, though it's more for deliveries and warm-water sailing gigs than hard sea time.

With a project we have considers using shipping containers as an alternative to brick-and-water (due to delivery cost we parked that idea for another day).

I've purchased a used fridge for $200 that has done well for me over the years. some people prefer to buy new fridges rather than clean out their existing perfectly good one, and those discarded units taken away from an new purchase delivery are the ones that I usually end up buying once the retailer cleans them out and makes 100% profit.

The IRA can purchase materials and labor separately.What you would want to be careful of, however, is that you personally do not become a delivery boy for the project.  

I'd get a cheapy fridge from lowes or Sears and pay for delivery and disposal.