The 8 to 10% is worth its weight in gold. 

Knowing my end goal is to move to another state (Sperryville or Staunton, VA) and 3-4ish hours away to start a small hobby farm, does it make sense to pay off these properties rapidly in the next 5-6 years so that I have a total clean slate from a lending perspective in order to finance the land, house, and buildings, or does it not matter?

I lived in Toronto for a couple of years, and the real estate there is quite funky.Making the trip and meeting people in person will be worth its weight in gold...GREAT CALL on that.We work solely in Chicago as a general contractor...for now. 

I don't have a rapid dialer, but my understanding is that they upload this list to speed dialer.

They are worth their weight in gold.They actually specialize in smaller multi family in the Lehigh Valley so their business is built around the model.

@Mark Pruitt We almost exclusively use River Ridge Escrow in Cedar Rapids, closer Melissa.

My first metric of weight I consider is CAP-X.

The good ones are worth their weight in gold, but does the license make them magically smarter?

Our city is experiencing rapid growth and presenting excellent opportunities for investors.I would be delighted to connect and share insights about our current market and turnkey properties.

My south Linden rating would be a C- to a C plus.The rapid appreciation of Columbus, Ohio also makes it hard to stay consistent with the letter grades.