All of these can be overcome with the right plan and set up:1.

You mentioned having a couple of hurdles what was your biggest one and how did you overcome it?

It takes a lot of internal drive, self discipline and motivation to overcome all the challenges, but you are another example of what is possible.

I am very open to any blogs, books, or podcasts that deal with making that first step.Another issue I feel I need to overcome is purchasing a property out of state. with the little knowledge I have, I think the better investments are not here in Arizona.

I am in the same boat.i see a lot of reasons to start business just to protect your self and overcome privacy issue.specially when you are in private Money business.I started one company with one us citizen but thought all these are passive investment we buy property and rent it.I have started another one my self I will hire a CEO who can take care of day to day operation.I am not an attorney and not a legal advice I talked to attorney they say as long as you don't benefit from it you are good 

THose are some ideas to overcome the obstacles I mentioned.

I still struggle with limiting beliefs, but it takes a daily practice to overcome that.

If so, how do you overcome that?

You can overcome this in part as mentioned above - market some yourself nationally (there are tons of folks actually in your backyard who are longing to take their money from CA and put it into turn key products elsewhere.) 

If you have already built adequate passive income to overcome your expenses, then id reccomend adding appreciating propeties to your portfolio mix.