You will never see 2.25% again, 1600 a month on 150-200k in equity is an excellent return.  

With your renovation background, you're well-positioned to excel in house flipping.

If I would have used competent management, the manager that I picked and vetted, then it would have cash flowed, assuming they could have filled the vacancies.The big lesson I learned is that the property manager selected can make or break a deal. 

There are hundreds if not thousands out there, but there are many by Bigger Pockets that are excellent for newer investors.

To protect this community, they are selective about the people bring in because we all want connect with people who are motivated, committed to the process, and excited about being part of a real estate investing community.

Would like to become more savvy in the multi units properties realm separate from some of my commercial properties tenants who have excelled in that type real estate.   

I feel like they took my money and didn’t give the excellent service advertised on their website.

I definitely plan on building a team in the market we select. 

Her team has been doing an excellent job at managing and growing my portfolio consists of core investments ( stocks & bonds) and satellite investments like gold mines, etc.

I'd break down residential real estate like this (definitely some subjectivity here):A class area= High year-over-year price appreciation, excellent public schools (elementary school ratings are the most correlated to higher real estate prices), little-to-no crime.