Hey @Gary Trepanier,Welcome to BP! 

If you know someone, please pm me.I'm an avid reader, some of my favorites are Gary Keller books.

Best of luck to you....Gary

Otherwise, some book recommendations (these include mostly books on business/lifestyle or buy/hold investing):- "E-Myth Revisited" by Michael Gerber- "Cashflow Quadrant" by Robert Kiyosaki (further builds on the "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" foundation)- "Set for Life" by Scott Trench- "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene- "The Book on Managing Rental Properties' by Brandon Turner and Heather Turner- "The Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod-"HOLD" by Gary Keller (geared toward SFR)-"The ABCs of Real Estate Investing" by Ken McElroy (geared toward commercial investing)"Multi-Family Millions" by David Lyndahl (This is on my list of "To-Reads".

coming out of Comfort Zone is major hurdle...As Gary Keller's quote on his book... " Anyone Can Do it...Not everyone will..."

I would run the other way, my guess is its a C or D neighborhood (without actually knowing where you are), its probably a place for only seasoned investors.I used to work for a utility that covered northern Indiana including Gary Indiana. 

It is in the Gary Keller collection of books.

This way your equity even is giving you a return.Once your portfolio reaches critical mass, or you hit your target numbers or cash flow you can transition over to paying down debt to prepare for the final distribution phase.However, people need to retire, or go full time, at some point this is called your distribution phase, so when that time comes be sure the properties are paid off by that time to maximize cash flow in retirement.A great book on this topic and more is Gary Keller's The Millionaire Real Estate Investor.

Dan,Welcome to BP.I would recommend reading The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller.Also feel free to reach out if you have questions as you go through your list of tasks.Also were trying to get together a few of us in the Ft Polk area for networking.

@Gary TheisenConsult with a CPA.