Also, Their could be a lot of liens or back taxes on the property Which could really effect your budget.  

Pay is comparable and living in KC will allow me to build a solid portfolio over the next 4-8 years, allowing me to effectively buy enough cash flow.It's been my only major step toward cutting my expenses, but what market you live in is HUGE, especially when you're talking living in a extremely pricey one.Meal preping my lunches and dinners for the week has helped save a lot of money.Like @Jay Hinrichs i too am a mileage junkie.

However, if cash or credit is preventing that we funded a flipper last year who got started by cold calling doctors/lawyers in the phone book.    

Currently, I have a full time job in the fenestration business, and I was legitimately curious if the whole concept of "indoor/outdoor living" had a major effect on home values in the Phoenix market.

I would file notices as per local law to end tenancy and I would lawyer up ( just to have backup in case you need it).

A great place to start is a PDF published by a Massachusetts lawyer: http://www.attorneyross.com/landlord.pdf I agree with all who are saying you should treat this as a business.

Should I have a lawyer read through my lease?

How do I go about doing all this in a cost effective manner and still make profits?

Not sure if that would be a consideration here somehow.Disclaimer that I am not a lawyer, and am not playing one on BP.

Ultimately, through learning and copying their process, we were able to increase our available credit from about 250-280k to over a million in a few years and we were eventually able to transfer a large portion our personal debt that we were using for business purposes over to business debt that did not effect my personal credit score any more.