Providing you've a good team around you (knowledgeable/reliable/fair Contractor/s and Property Manager/s) and your analysis skills are bada bing, bada boom, then even the "Headache and Uncalculated rehab cost" won't ensue.

Could you or your team somehow unknowingly be spreading more resistant species?

I've purchased it (Amazon) but haven't gotten around to reading it yet.My other suggestion would be to read any offering by Frank Gallinelli.  

You'll have to build a strong team that will allow you to own remote. 

I think you can, with some work, overcome the objections that you'll face with lenders by coming to them with an established property management company, and other team members already in your corner.This week I'm flying to a Mid-West market to meet with multifamily brokers and lenders, but I've already lined up two management companies that I like, and I have a 15 pg business plan for how I will approach the market and my criteria.And....I already own multifamily, but in Texas, not this market.

My team and I are looking for an economical fix w/o replacing the whole column.

I know many make it sound easy and you need little to no money etc etc.. but that simply is not the case. 1. get your license and work on a team.. tutor under a top performing agent you will get paid as a member of the team no have to work for free for someone who will just cut you lose if you bring no value to them.2.

From being little a solo flipper, to now being on a team that can handle so many properties it is very overwhelming-- especially that we are only currently holding 2 and are capable of holding 13 more. 

Have you started to build your team out?

No one will invest with you or work with you if you don't have a track record as a successful real estate investor, entrepreneur or business person in the past.Then, you need to get educated on the apartment syndication terminology and process so that you can communicate effectively with team member and investors and understand how to find, evaluate, submit offers on, conduct due diligence on, and asset manage apartment deals.