This can help keep occupancy consistent and can lessen the effects of tenant turnover, along with the timeliness of finding a new renter. 

If they don't fix your issues in a day or two (meaning they realize the significance and the potential for massive adverse effects on their livelihoods, you'll probably never get your money.

Thoughts on lenders who are remote/out of state with better rates vs local brokers with higher fees, and how that may effect the buying process? 

By renovating and bumping rents, you are effectively forcing equity into the property by making it more valuable than when you purchased.

For what I do as a local investor, the research skills I developed during all those years of college are incredibly important.

Stick to the places where you feel good about the ethnicity and your incredible property value.  

Incredible.

(Build rapport) It's much more effective than being aggressive and coming off as confrontational.

I’m after inspection for a house in Bayonne and getting estimates from GC to repair foundation issues (I will ask to cancel this contract because of them) newbie with foundation issues that don’t know how to fix and also consider the ripple effect they cause on top the lots of money I need to repair means number wise it doesn’t work.

Probably more cost effective and flight availability is good too.