A duplex to live in and easily able to exit out of it renting it 100%

you need a big funnel for any strategy in which you evaluate leads, and to continuously be ruling deals out - and to be happy you're doing so, not frustrated. 

-What key criteria should I use to evaluate tenants (e.g., credit score, income, rental history)?

I would prefer something I can buy once - software subscriptions are a nuisance.Something that automatically downloads transactions from my online banking portal and that can be used to easily categorize expenses for financial statements would be excellent.Thanks,KevinHi, Kevin.

However, my main question is how investors determine a reasonable target, especially since some investors with access to higher capital are able to target projects with higher returns than the easily accessible passive or traditional opportunities. 

In short, they buy the BS, there mor easily influenced.

Anyone can easily see that reading through the hundreds of reviews about RTR on BP for over a decade now.

I think the first place to start is evaluating quality deals.

I'll use these next 20+ years to not only evaluate Real Estate, but other income sources (businesses) to see if I can find something.

Our industry can easily get a bad rap for taking advantage of people.Hey Matt.