And it sounds like you serendipitously had gloves on throughout all this --even blood-borne illnesses can't pass to you if their blood stays on the outside of your gloves!

Personally I think CashMoneyDough sounds too hype.

All the gurus make it sound easy, but the people I have written in these forums asking about it have all said something like, “I’m working hard, and one day I’ll get that deal!”

It sounds elementary but it actually really helps break everything down.  

You sound like me a few years ago.

Sounds very similar to what wholesalers do to find properties.

Sounds like a profit center...

From your post it sounds like long term wealth. 

It sounds like non-intuitively, you are better off continuing to rent and using your funds in friendlier markets.

I know this sounds like a minor thing to experienced investors, but I keep getting stuck when I try to imagine how I work around tenants to get all the apartments fixed up so I can raise the rents, the appraisal value and then refinance.