@Jay Patel I second @Lane Register's reaction of wanting to meet up with you pretty much yesterday, haha, sounds like you have some great properties already. 

It sounds like you're in the right mindset by honing down what types of properties you're interested in and which markets you want to invest.

Also down the line you can get into road block getting more heloc like you mentioned the snowball effect.

I was either channeling my inner @Steve Vaughan and taking a nap or driving through Kansas and MO with triple digits on the car thermometer -- the nap sounds better.

Does that offer sound good to you and are there any known better deals out there?

That's to protect the investment and ensure one random event doesn't implode the whole deal.Then I look to do lower cost (to me) but high effect (to a tenant) items, paint, flooring, appliances, new gravel on a driveway...A few years into it, even if values in that neighborhood have also grown by then I should have a house above the mean rather than below. 

Those mentioned factors will effect your demand.Good luck to you both!

It may sound nice to pay a 5% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no add-on fees.

Sounds like you're on the right track and there's no better place to start than BiggerPockets.My advice to you is to keep learning and networking.

This property is located in central California.Sorry for sounding like such a newbie (I am one!)