These include the self-employed and commissioned sales people with excellent income, credit, and an adequate down payment.

My question is, will it be a better decision to put 20% down on the property I purchase in order to avoid PMI; or to put 5% down and use the extra cash to potentially line my self up for another acquisition in the near future?

The property is quite a ways away from me making self management a nightmare. 

I am pretty independent and a self starter so on one hand I would like to go out alone.

NOBODY will care for your property better than you will; to the PM, it's just a job.So unless the property is beyond a reasonable drive from you, I'ld stay with self-management. 

This may be sufficient for the total down payment on the next deal.  

If this is the extent of the damage, and there is no underlying/ongoing problem, then cutting out the loose material and spackling should be sufficient (and painted of course).

Hello Jacksonville and BP community I'm a handy man in the are of Jacksonville with a lot of experience on rentals and turn around as i have been a maintenance supervisor on the apartments industry for over 6 yrs i can do from flooring to roofing HVAC or pool literally anything related with a house  please feel free to contact me if you need help on any of your projects I'm here working my self up as I'm looking to invest on real estate as well.

I found my self talking to my mom the other day and she has been in the middle of a refinance and I started asking her what was the appraisal, how much are you pulling out, how much will you have left over, what will you owe and I actually was able to question like a pro it was pretty interesting.

By self reported survey?