Everything pretty much looks nice when new, but what is important to a long term investment is how often and at what expense must I replace/rehab this element?

Ideally, you want to find a comfortable place to interact and network with other like-minded people. 

I do find occasionally some brokers that enjoy property management on the commercial side and like the minutia and interacting with the tenants.

Here is a link to my free land investing Facebook group called "Land Motivation" for anyone interested in interacting with active raw land flippers in a positive supportive environment.

Each element of your proposition will be  perceived as additional risk by the lender: Refi’s are at a higher rate than traditional loans, and income properties add on to that, and cash out add on to it too… so your rate will be horrible at the moment!   

I would love to engage with other folks in the BP community in the Tuscon area, and look forward to interacting with all of you on the Forums!

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

I have been in touch with several property managers and I had a great interaction with one this morning which alleviated some of my fears. 

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

They have an course section where they encourage you you to interact in your learning.