My investment strategy is to buy and hold small multi-family units and eventually move into some larger commercial properties. 

Thin margins on rehab ARV, thin margins on rent, no unit standardization, larger lot sizes that are less tax advantageous, and frankly not enough people doing it to make an exit predictable and easy.

There is also a larger variation in the quality of the equipment and if the wrong system is sold to you, it could be useless.

Rental refinance seems like the obvious choice if you only want to have one payment, but still remove the equity from your rental.

I'm looking to expand my real estate business, improve my cash flow, move equity into larger property purchases, and execute more advanced strategies. 

Caution:Contracting for repair, maintenance, remodeling, or improvement by any person licensed under part I of chapter 475 (real estate agent) while acting as the owner’s agent pursuant to that license, where all work requiring a contractor is performed by a contractor who has a current, valid certificate or registration issued under this part to perform such work, and where the aggregate contract for labor, materials, and all other items is less than $5,000; however, this exemption does not apply: (a) If the maintenance, repair, remodeling, or improvement is a part of a larger or major operation, whether undertaken by the same or a different contractor, or in which a division of the operation is made in contracts of amounts less than $5,000 for the purpose of evading this part or otherwise.For the sake of your cousin's license, either make her a part owner (sharing the gross profit as her compensation) or get a GC on the job asap.Just a helpful hint to keep a fellow real estate agent out of jail. 

like @Chris Tracy mentioned, a lot of the larger companies put out quarterly reports on various markets.

As most of you know, there is a large expense ($10k-$30k) when putting together a larger syndicated deal. 

Some the larger cities will have  more than one. 

And they put every user into all of their funds, no matter how they choose the different choices on the wizard.