Any one have tools or recommendations on how to best achieve this? 

So all together with a few personal holdings we are now sitting at 73 rental units and approximately 4.5 mil in valued assets.

if you do not have experience with building in your tool box.. most lenders will want a very experienced GC in the picture.. and MOST HML will not do verticle.

(Im not saying you pay the overhead, i.e. lifts, tools, compressor, whatever.)  

So in valuing apartment, instead of taking price/sqft of recently sold apartments and multiply it by the sqft of the apartment you're interested in, you would take the cap rate of the recently sold apartments and divide it into the NOI of the apartment you're interested in to calculate the value (i.e. offer price).

10 years will fly by and you'll be so glad you have acquired say 5 quality newer, always rented properties that should have almost doubled in value.  

I know an investor who has properties in Pittsburgh who has shared invaluable info with me about the areas and markets there. 

This is a great tool to use whenever you are in sticky situations that do come up. 

Primed for potential syndication, in value added multi-family rental properties, loft/studio Hotel conversions and other lucrative deals.

I haven't had a lot of construction experience but I've been dabbling quite a bit with power tools and use youtube like a pro.