Are you thinking of putting sparkly hearts on the document to demonstrate your creativity, is your pain point the down payment and you're trying to navigate that with seller financing, is the issue that the in-place tenants aren't paying rent? 

I don’t expect any favors or pricing advantage because we pay competitive wages but if someone else is committed to doing a job as good and cheaper then the bottom line is I’m still trying to run my business and make a profit.

Why would we have to pay several thousand dollars to remove portions of the tree to satisfy their complaint?

MLS works well, and you find qualified leads, but you do end up having to pay a large commission to other realtors.  

I'm putting solar panels on a new 4 plex build so I can pay all utilities under a single payment and make life easier for everybody as it is a medium term to short term rental.

As far as you saying you don't know if it's in an HOA, it likely is, given how you described it and that shouldn't be hard for you to figure out just by looking at a Google Earth map (sometimes the name of the community will appear), or pay a local person off Craigslist to go drive it and find out the community name, take pictures of the lot, etc. 

@Bob SmithWhile investing via Turnkey Rentals sounds easy, you should understand that you will be paying full retail, often even more, for the properties.

.- Should I expect them to pay with a check or be willing to accept cash each month?

Two of the units are occupied by cash paying tenants at 1500.00 a month.

There are a lot of scammy youtube gurus that talk about building business credit, but it basically is the same as your personal credit....be organized, don't overleverage, be patient, and pay all your bills on time.In NY to become an LLC, there's a $200 fee and then you have to publish in two newspapers for 6 weeks.