as far as the interest part goes, i'm not sure if i'm calculating this correctly, but with a $180,000 loan @ 3.75%/10yr, the final interest would be $36,132, but if I roll it out to 30 years which also increase the interest rate by roughly 1%, that interest rate soars to $158,072. 

As for resolutions, things are rolling, I was hoping to have all units rented in our recent acquisition by Feb 1st, but looks like it’ll be filled by March 1st so that’s okay.

The cost of painting is all over the place depending on the method (spray vs rolling) and the quality.

I called a VA  lender to get the ball rolling. 

You could have negotiated that fact or not have bought the property so you wouldn't be materially damaged like you are now.Often buyers never want to spend money on reports and they roll the dice that the property will be okay.

It was listed around the $725,000 mark (sorry, can't remember exact numbers), with a monthly rent roll of $5600.

Large properties can be finance without recourse so you might need to sell your properties sooner and roll up to larger properties by year three.2.

We have bought two houses over the last year that have had delinquent water bills rolled into our next city tax cycle.  

Seems to me that brokerages rolled over, not fighting in exchange for personal exemptions and paying fines, protect the King!

Michael,Have you created a tenant improvement schedule and vacancy/discounted rate into your rent roll?