I'd be happy to give you a free rental analysis and do more of a deep-dive into your specific situation to help you determine the best course of action.

Also, if eventually you get into that house hack, and elect to self managing a duplex, triplex or 4-plex that you own/live in, you will by default learn about property management skills and no license is required to manage the property you own.To answer your specific question, yes - you can become an employee of a property management company to learn about property management and I highly recommend it!

1) Communicating with property mangers on tenant issues, vacancies, etc. 2) Listening to/Attending Webinars regarding real estate investing3) Driving for dollars4) Searching MLS and online for on-market deals5) Working on the business's social media accounts 6) Posting and reading through real estate forums (Such as this one) for real estate purposes (finding deals, educational purposes, etc.)

If income, or credit is an issue, Learn and get good at something related to real estate and then eventually you can add value to an investor and potentially do a joint venture.

Specifically looking in Arizona. 

that they can contact for any issues.

I had a feeling that this might be an issue, but as a newbie sometimes it makes more sense when you hear it from someone with experience.

By reading this platform, I'm sure I just saved myself buyer's remorse and not paying 30k for real success multifamily real estate mentorship. 

Alton, I'm happy to discuss specifics of what we are seeing in the market.

we own a piece of property that currently has 2 4 unit buildings on it, and we are in the planning phase of building 16 additional units on the property. the financing doesn’t seem to be an issue, but we are having difficulty wrapping our heads around the steps / sequence we should be doing things.