Eventually it all made my head spin and made the realize where my passion is not.

The vendor is not likely to object to this - if the deal fell through, they would be left with updated units to rent.You can always spin this as lightening the vendors load.

Here's a spin with several options.

So stay tuned...I WILL be spinning a happy ending to this horror story-

I'll PM you a bit more info about them.Just know though, regardless of which company you go with, you can spin the pros and cons anyway you want for either way. 

@Ben Leybovich if you want to be more like me, as you say, then you have it all wrong.When I needed to blow off some steam, I took an aerobatic plane out and flew some loops, rolls, hammerhead stalls, inverted flight, snaprolls, an inverted flat spin, and a lomcevak (youtube it). 

It's kind of a spin on @Brandon Turner's "house hacking," no?

e.g. would it make sense to do one or two small/mid-size apartment buildings (say a few tens of units) and have that on our CV before approaching lenders and investors alike, for credibility/track record, or would some panelists think that's spinning wheels and might as well focus on learning the system to go after a larger deal (hundred doors order of magnitude) and go fundraise based on that?

They’re making me feel crazy for something I’m pretty sure everyone is doing but I guess no one wants to admit... or maybe spinning it in their heads so it’s justified differently.

I would be concerned about how you will transition not only the list of cleaners and contractors, but how you will then "keep the plate spinning".