I have three right now that its time to get rid of as they do not fit our model nor do I want to take the time to continue to manage these (even with a PM).

Of course, this varies among different classes of properties.

Maybe talk to the city and see what the process is.Now of course you don't know how things are going to play out.

After he teamed up with a local intermediary in the Bay Area.. from what I read in the Wall Street Journal, Lockton has been helping investors streamline these moves.. he ended up freeing enough capital to invest in a mixed-use building in San Antonio that we’d been eyeing for a while.I’m no attorney or CPA, so I’m not giving legal or tax advice here, but there’s definitely something to be said for repositioning your insurance to fit your broader investment goals.

There are landlord courses you can take to become more educated on section 8

I never took a course and just figured it out as I went.

Find a good deal and get some real estate experience--don't focus so much on that real estate having to fit some specific profile. 

Without this foundation any money spent on gurus, courses, books mentorships that teach techniques and methods is WASTED, even if the methodology being taught is valid.  

Even though ALOT and I mean ALOT of people on bigger pockets or friends and family have told me airnbnb arbitrage wouldn't work out I have been pretty successful even though I was pretty much self learnt without any form of joining a course or anything like that.

Like the others, inside mount if you can fit them.Look cleaner but they are also harder to damage.