I'm just getting started out, and was thinking I can pay off the fees associated with being an agent with the commission from house-hacks I buy, and that having a license would be useful for future investments. 

There are fees associated with all of these filings as well as paperwork that you need to provide before the filings can be completed, so contacting their office ahead of time will save you a ton of headaches.On your lockout date, the sheriff will come to the property, post the eviction notice, allow you to change the locks, and facilitate the physical removal of the tenant if that is needed. 

Also, you may want to check with your local manufactured housing association.

Join your local real estate investors association if there is one and network.

It is also cost prohibitive to continue to maintain the property in a tax deferred vehicle.We are planning to have a single LLC own all of the properties and my question is - if we do a cash out refinancing in order to fund the taxes associated with the distribution of the investment property, will the interest be deductible?

Another thing, if you're getting 10% down, that doesn't factor in closing costs and any other costs associated with financing (processing fee, underwriting fee, origination fee, appraisal fee, etc).

With the Orlando area have such a high saturation of vacation rentals, that drives down the nightly rates to a large degree.

Large apartment communities will have on-site staff, so I presume your target is 5 to 50 units.I would reach out to your local apartment association and local Real Estate Investing groups to find those people.

Even though these are "low maintenance" yards, the houses still have a lot of costs associated with them

Is graduate degree in the job type you work?