.) - Was passively hinted at being sued by one tenant, and explicitly threatened to be sued by a former tenant - Had 2 tenants cancel their leases early - Plunged someone’s crap out of a toilet in my Airbnb unit (never again!)

Fellipe Novaes welcome to BPSounds like a man with vision on a mission, I wud apply some keywords like turnkey and any areas ur interested in investing in so u automatically get notifications with these keywords in it, have a good hint around the forum and u will find what ur looking for.All the best on ur venture!

Any tips and hints on how to spot/network with good buyers and sellers?

@John ThedfordThe whole point behind it (I believe...) is to avoid even the hint of impropriety.

Other than that We were given hints at all the education we could get if we purchased the ongoing education package.

Please take the preceding with a hint of sarcasm....But on to your question....Personally, I feel that you need to balance out the pro's and cons of (potentially) going negative on cash flow vs. the gains of pulling out equity.First of all, using conventional lending, an underwriter may catch this fact and kick out your file.

[Yes, there was just a hint of facetiousness in that comment]...After you've owned it for 6 months, your ability to Refinance will depend on how much equity you bought for "free", or have value-added to, or has been added to by a buoyant market appreciation - usually needing to be around 25%+ before you can start getting cash back at Refi.Which in your case, looks to be a lot longer than 6 months away before it can be arrived at?

Rent is due on the 1st and late on the 2nd (or whatever your lease says; hint: it should say late on the 2nd).  

Let your tenant know you'd be glad to stop by and take off the lock "she" " "hint" put on the bedroom door because she lost the key.. 

But I am sure there's a way to make it work.That's is a great way to get started with rentals, sounds like life sort of gave you a hint!