With that said I am financially prepared to start actively investing and wish to avoid further analysis paralysis.

I have seen a lot of floor plans that are actually very nice and form the inside you cannot even tell its a MFH!

Kevin, if you live in or near Detroit, it's a no-brainer to invest here IMO.I started buying rentals in the city about 3 years ago and it's been the best financial decision I've ever made.

How long it takes to be financially ready is different for everyone.

Yes, we flipped it to get a chunk of money to invest in other properties, but the chunk somehow slowly disappeared taking care of 3 kids, eating out, etc.Maybe what I learned is to get your financial house in order first. 

If your plan is to flip we help create a product that will sell quickly. 

the lack of a statement in over 3 months and not being paid rent for 6 weeks makes me thing that there are troubles (either personnel or financial) with the PM. 

This ship has sailed.If you need a down payment but want to keep the townhouse, you may be able to refinance it instead of selling.You can do a 1031 exchange but cannot PLAN to move into this new place.

Syndications are EXTREMELY risky investments suitable only for highly-experienced accredited investors who can appreciate the risk both to their principal in the case of bad planning or a scam AND to having their capital locked up for 5 years+.

I have one LTR that I do plan to leverage to purchase my next property, but I am really looking to find hard money lenders/investors to help fund future deals.