Learned a lot of lessons that will help me be much more efficient in the future. 

You are paying someone for every trip to make a small repair after tenant moves in...this is NOT efficient.

They may not be as efficient as a split system or standard gas/electric furnace.They are terrible if the house is poorly insulated,  cost about $2.50 a day if you run them all the time. 

Major corporations have spent large capital building modern, efficient, new, student housing facilities with amenities specific to the desire and needs of students.  

Look at the windows....often I see these painted shut if they are the original wood sash windows....that might be a liability if a rental....and then you get in that dilemma...do you spend a ton of money to restore them...strip all 5 coats of paint and 100 years of muck or do you take them out and replace them with something more efficient.   

But on the refi she put the several HUNDRED THOUSAND of her initial investment back in her pocket and ready to invest in another property.There’s a real sweet spot in demand right now for efficiency units and 1 bedrooms around $1,200 a month, literally anywhere in the region.

What’s the quickest and most efficient way to raise 40k capital to purchase a Multifamily Home for someone just getting started in owning rentals?

Are there any specific skills that investors like to see an agent be efficient in? 

That’s the most efficient course of action.

Any buyers for strong performing efficiency apartment complex in income tax free state?