I fixed them up, raised the rent to market, and placed a higher-quality renter.

Hey @James Thompson Such a personal question, but coming from a realtor and investor in FL, most of our markets are pretty depressed and therefore finding lots of great buying opportunities now.

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

I would keep as is personally. 

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.

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

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

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

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

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.