They have in-person meetings, and they also have chats often by Zoom. https://www.ocreic.org/

You should put the property under an LLC Your third question is referring to the short term rental loophole, which requires 100 hours and more then anyone else of "material participation".

Once a judge signs off on the judgement and the damages, you can hire an attorney to garnish wages or place a lien on any personal property of the tenant and/or co-signers.

Any recommendations from personal experience?

I don't ask for SSN and also personally have never provided/been pressured to provide them myself when I used to rent, and honestly don't want to open up liability for having to keep someone's SSN either.

She knows us so well that she will personally lend to me without any collateral.

Is appreciation a factor in the area you are referring to? 

Hey Patience, I would personally get a loan and buy as many properties as I comfortably could.

Hey All -- I believe I have an understanding of the financial workflow here, but figured this group would have lots of personal experience and or advice.

I have used them plenty of times for my personal LLCs.