Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction2.

We had 3 exit strategies, and ultimately went with the safest and least amount of time invested.

Start with BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide (free).

Even if it is remediated they will always think and tell you that it is an issue- ultimately, we want our tenants to be happy and we have found that these types of tenants never are happy.

@Haley ElisabethIf the ultimate goal is to build your portfolio, then I would sell the business and flip properties, while keeping the ones you like.

How many opportunities might you have passed up by focusing on something that ultimately is not what you want to do?

@Imdad Rahman, ultimately I feel like I am echoing the others, but will add anyways, because I have a nuanced take.1.

One can use it to show seller that I have means to close on deal (even if I ultimately end up reassigning a contract).

That's the problem because you have no ultimate control of your property and it's a sign that you're treated second class compared to the locals .

Here are a few I recommend: "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Roberto Kiyosaki; "Set for Life" by Scott Trench; "The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing" by Spencer; "The BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide" found here on BP; "The Book on Rental Property Investing" by Brandon Tuner.