Ultimately you do need to think about what your short term and long term goals are. 

What was said so far in these responses sounds solid, but without knowing everything you have, what your specific goals are, what you're planning on, and what your personal thresholds for risk are, as well as what exposures you have, you're ultimately shooting in the dark. 

However, I am not convinced that buying a much cheaper property and manually converting the garage or building an ADU from scratch would have saved me much $$$ ultimately.

These things happen and know matter how diligent you are at maintaining the property, it ultimately will have problems at some point in time.  

Why a deferral was necessary, the steps to accomplish the plan and ultimately paying the investors their deferred cash flow payments.My situation was to redirect investor cash flow payments back into a value-add property so we could upgrade and turn vacant units quickly.

Once you’re told to F off you’ll realize it wasn’t that bad, which will eliminate that fear you have and give you the confidence to offer on the next deal which can ultimately land you exactly what you’re looking for.

Ultimately, reviewing the different elements of high-converting webpages for inspiration is not a bad idea, you just have to understand what elements you should be paying attention to (social proof, testimonials, interactive elements, is the text laid out in a friendly and easy to read manner, etc).

Another reason being, the time and energy going into training VA’s on the business, ensuring they know the correct response to both sellers and buyers, and ultimately just not losing potential deals, could alone be worth the investment into a team who DOES know what they’re doing.

I am looking to ultimately create supplemental income via cash flow from rental properties.

To be clear: The ultimate downside risk is that the tenant comes back and sues you for her $20,000 worth of jewelry and $10,000 worth of heirloom china that she claims she left behind.