A great way to network and meet people in your local community is to attend in person meet ups.

Bear in mind that these are business/personal credit cards and I made him explain to me how they'd help me pull cash with no fees.

Tenant still seems to believe I am responsible for their personal items.

I would keep as is personally. 

I've successfully done it personally multiple times and I have clients that have done it as well. 

One person willing to give me 8k for my fee and another person at 4k for my fee. this is great.  

If you find some of these, share the cash flow from the property, you can be in the deals $0, personally.  

If I'm going to invest the amount of money required I want to personally be able to keep an eye on the property, and interact directly with those assisting me.

@Adam ShaThe only person that can properly answer this question is someone that analyses markets on a national level or someone that invests in all 3 of these markets.The answers you're going to get from everyone on this forum that falls outside of the above is going to simply tell you their market is the best market. 

A win for one person, is a total loss for another.