Ask direct questions. 

We have one as a rental and have long term tenants there who are great and we have good communication in both directions.

Would need to know a bit more before giving a specific direction but it is usually best to hang on to your property and not sell whether you expand on it or rent it out and purchase a bigger property.  

@Sarita Scherpereel runs meetups in Chicago so she may be able to point in the right direction.

Today I think they've fine tuned it and have a solid direction on how they want to moderate their forums. 

I prefer public comments here before you send a direct message, though. 

We also work with investors in the different markets we operate in to perform tenant placement where we work with ALE Solutions, other relocation companies, medical agencies, etc. to offer properties as a part of our inventory.

I have seen EM go directly to seller a few times over the years..

So B2C is out, but perhaps B2B might be an option (e.g providing a streamlined solution for all of the major mortgage servicing companies for collection of payments.

While sophistication of your equity partners (private money lenders) will vary between residential and commercial, the principle of raising private capital is the same.You need to develop your own system which allows a constant stream of PML even when you don't need the funds and/or don't have an active deal under contract.For example; I raise private capital by offering free educational workshops for people with self-directed IRAs.