Welcome Katy,KC offers some amazing cashflow.Make sure you establish relationships with people that will always have your best interest at heart.

No better way to align interests, and ensure the manager has your best interest at heart than tying their pay to their performance.

Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for the welcomes...It has given me a great boost of motivation!

IF you could rent out one side of that property for $1,500 you're still left with a $1,600 or so mortgage payment.If you're willing to consider Orangevale or Carmichael you'd have a lot more options, but as you can see in the map below most of the MF is going to be closer to the heart of Sacramento where the population density is much higher:

Is there anyone on here that knows west Pilsen/Heart of Chicago well?  

The list you generated are definitely important steps, but if the heart of your question is what are the "core" steps then I would say condense your list to something along these lines:1.

So, while it may APPEAR that the TK has the best interests of the investor at heart, it doesn't always play out that way.

Southern California is not for the faint of heart.

Pittsburgh has a place in my heart.  

But, just refinancing your properties isn't going to impact the rents you collect or the expenses you pay (the heart of the 50% Rule).