They are in an HOA for the common good of a rental property to maintain exterior integrity and protect against a slum lord driving down values through lack of maintenance of the rules of a community or the repairs and landscaping needed to attract great tenants.  

I am trying to build an attractive package for an end buyer.

This is designed for CA to not lose track of your deferred gain so that if you ever recognize the gain they can get the associated tax from the time you owned there.  

+1 on obtaining the CCIM designation.

I was thinking that I would like to find someone locally who is further down the path on real estate investing than I am who needs my graphic design/publicity/web/networking skills/property management and etc. so that I can watch deals from conception to implementation.

Can you attract different/better/more tenants by allowing pets.If you accept pets, insist on meeting the pets first, photograph them so there isn't a switcharoo later, and include plenty of language in the agreement about your expectations.

It is a great rehab and you appear to have a great designer or design team.

@Everton Bradford what areas are looking attractive to you in Maryland?

That's basically what I'm asking, I'm trying to learn the areas, so I came up with those A, B and C designations based on my discussions with the local investors I've met.  

The alternative is to hire people who are green and don't have the experience needed to design out risk.