So from a financial standpoint, if you can continue paying the minimum and putting any additional into income producing investments that can return a rate higher than your interest rate, you will net ahead.  

I will be notifying the property manager soon (according to our contract guidelines) that he will no longer be managing my properties-- he does not do any property inspections and does not manage the move out process well resulting in deterioration of my properties' condition and extra expenses and headaches for me .

If it produces $96k in rental income now with the the upside at maybe $110K(approx unless I add an ADU)I am wondering if I should indeed look at cashing out and buying a RCFE that will still have appreciation upside as well as income potential. 

As of Jan 2022 (12 months later), I am considering moving back home to CA and renting out my primary residence in AZ and turning it into an investment/income producing property.

Get my real estate license and go work for an agency on a team under a top producing agent.

It holds the property until a lease is signed and states failure to sign a lease or occupy the property results in deposit forfeiture. 

I was very happy with the results, but I am sure the person doing the work makes a huge difference in finished product.

you have to rent for 6-7 years to even out the taxes paid when you go to sell (doesn't really account for increased rental rate over the years), but you'd STILL have the appreciation profit on the home, and you could have also taken a cash out refi on the home at some point if needed to put into other profit-producing investments (I do realize the refi impacts the overall model of course). 

You can't just be new and say I can do everything because it's not just about producing leads, you still have to know how to close them and have the resources to do it.

The fact that REI produces both rental income while also appreciating.