I currently do have a full-time job that I do enjoy, as it is a 8-5 job M-F, so I would have flexibility to work on nights and weekends to get a better feel for the industry and find where I can succeed as I get started.  

I was recently approached by a smaller property management company that seems to be pretty flexible in their fee structure.  

are the landlords are flexible with the requirements?

Although I'm not sure if that covers assumables.There are small banks also out there that will do commercial in house and are still somewhat flexible on terms.

Our current membership has a lot of flexibility and variable allocation of P/L/C and ITC seems like a good plan.

I want to invest in real estate because of the flexibility and potential financial freedom. 

Small banks with in house loans are flexible and can offer investors a lot.  

Don't you lose some flexibility?

We are looking for a flexible lender who would consider refinancing one of our houses, cash out and use the money towards the next purchase.

So this current development is a good genre problem in my view--how exactly to wind up the tenancy--with tenants willing to move;  a bad problem being having to evict 10 people)......I would thank my lucky stars they want to leave and do a mutual termination of the lease (deposit return contingent on the cleanliness and condition at move out).In fact, even if this amicable separation does not work out, I would not be renewing based on these facts.