If you are married - put each one in a single name and you can then have 20 - there are higher qualifications the more  you have though.

Purchase price: $289,000 Cash invested: $50,000Live in/flip then LTR

If you buy something too nice that is also light and compact then a guest may help themselves to it.

And then monthly by check or if you don’t trust them certified funds or EFT. 

If a closet is a necessity for it to be a bedroom , then I own 2 houses with no bedrooms .  

I also believe that the best markets have good quality homes that will appreciate.Once you find the market or markets you are interested in you can then start looking for deals.

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

Before the 1% "rule" there was the 2% "rule" that then got reduced as the market changed.

Goal would be to acquire 20 rentals by the age of retirement, with some already starting to be paid off.I am in the same boat as you, and I focus on safe appreciation all day (small cash flow for safety and then focused on markets on that appreciate). 

Become proficient in one area of the business and then expand from there.