Study landlord basics, especially on what to include in your lease (going forward you will ALWAYS have a written lease).(2.5 Learn from mistakes and don't repeat them.)

You can easily do this on a spreadsheet, and it will take less time to track than finding and learning new software.

For this project, that would mean targeting land in the $1.5 million range.

You want an accountant who can help you strategize and who is responsive when you want to know the consequences of the financial decisions you are making throughout the year.Good luck. 

This year is the first year I will qualify as a real estate professional and be able to take some aggressive deductions through things like cost segregation studies.

Quote from @Jamie Hora: The question you pose in the title, "Is a rezone required if availability study can support more density". 

Hi Kjay, glad to have you as part of this awesome community! 

You’ve got this—let’s get that fifth property before the year ends!

This might be a rookie mindset is it bad I don't care for cash-flow at the moment in my eyes if someone helping me pay down my mortgage and build equity I'm okay with that.

So you don't need an umbrella.I don't agree with this.