A thriving economy often correlates with a healthy real estate market.

to further these objectives I am planning to start the acquisition process as “cash only” plus some forced appreciation, put into LTR or managed MTR, establish records and build a very healthy reserve account attached to the property, refinance with low DTI to pull some equity for next acquisition. i started building a spreadsheet but thought “I know I am not the only one, why reinvent the wheel without reason?”

We always shoot for a healthy balance of the two. 

Exciting opportunity to bring a space to life while generating a healthy return on investment Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Once it's at a healthy point focus on flipping.

Investors are definitely in danger when having a propensity towards an immutable 5%... in fact that would be a concern for many limited partners we know.It is always healthy to be conservative, especially considering we are seeing rent decline in various markets. 

The money collected will be reinvested in growing and maintaining a healthy community environment therein or for the same purpose yet to expand successful co-living environment model elsewhere.Thank you in advance for your advice, comment(s), etc.  

Which is perfectly fine and healthy as an investor because at the end of the day, we all want to learn and share strategies which are working. 

Airbnb, VRBO and other STR platforms are performing very well with very healthy profit margins. 

 $100x36 months is $3,600, and the roof estimate is $7,000, as an example.But assuming you have a healthy capex reserve ready to spend whenever needed, the other part is simply knowing all your monthly/quarterly/annual expenses (utilities, taxes, insurance, turnover costs) and holding back more to cover the vacant units, when your actual cashflow is reduced.