I am Learning Autocad and Chief Architect and would love to get my hands on Building plans for single family and multifamily for study purposes.

It gets expensive fast.   

I’d be nice to see past performances listed.

@Jay LindgrenRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

I would generally try to avoid insurance claims if you can because insurance is getting out of control nationwide, and we are seeing in FL, TX and CA that claims can follow the house and/or you and make it very difficult to sell the home in the future.Within the mortgage expense category you have 4 separate charges: principal, interest, property taxes, insurance (if you escrow taxes and insurance which 95% of our clients do). 

A question I have been pondering within myself for some time and figured here would be a good place to get an answer.I currently own a home that has close to 100k in equity in it, we plan to move in 3-5 years to our long term house and would be sizing up a fair amount.So my question is should I use the equity to fund investments/projects, or should I save it and roll it all into my next house so I can have it paid off sooner/lower my monthly.

You aren't going to get help or advice if you don't ask useful questions.  

I would add it to FB market place and craigslist (though you may get a lot of junk email, spam calls on the latter)

Or you can wait 3-6 months, get 75% leverage and get much better DSCR rates. 

Sometimes it will seem great, but then it gets it horribly wrong with confidence.While most exchanges are relatively vanilla, using an experienced QI and tax advisors in the process is well worth the avoidance of blowing up a 1031.