My main thought would be to reach out to a management company to see if they have any data and active leases they could share.

Aaron Scholl I take it your thought path is "If I buy into a PM "system" I will get catapulted forward, be taught how to do all the things vs figuring them out, and with that more assured success", correct? 

This is pretty much the same thought process I have had.

Yet, 83% of respondents still thought it was a “bad time to buy.”

What a generous and thoughtful way to help this community!

Lots of investors want to quit the W-2 an general protection is usually an after thought. 

We don't have enough info to know but these are the thoughts I have when I read your post. 

Currently, I have 2 thoughts: 1) Rent out my primary home as much as possible (which would bring us ~1500-1600/month), save, and invest conservatively in the next few years (both in stock and RE).

I thought I would be near this place since I started, but haven't quite reached it so I am at a point of restructuring my strategy to make it more effective.

I would like to get your thoughts on the most efficient way to tap into equity.