Try asking local RE group or on Facebook classifieds locally if anyone or the community has recommendations for agents that have a great track record.

Does it classify as rental income or can it be disclosed as something else?

Ask around as all banks won't do them, they should be classified as a commercial loan, but definitely there will be some.Make sure when setting it up that you are able to sell each of the houses individually within the blanket and they will allow you to get a clean title without breaking the blanket loan apart.  

The properties are what I would classify as B properties for the area.  

Thanks for the info, @Loren Whitney The problem I run into personally is that I am not classified as an 'accredited investor'. 

I look at a lot of people like you that don't necessarily want to run after deals, but want to have access to the information, and that is how I classify people to determine their affiliation fee.  

If you want to classify the origination fees as interest expense, you can, you just need to disclose that in your statement of accounting policy.If you'd like to read more, go to page "FAS91-7" of the document below and look at #20 part B.

Much of my leads right now are coming from probate notices in the classifieds.

Even though a roommate is technically not classified as a tenant?

If each post had a button you first had to press, which classified your post as "conjecture" or "fact" - the forums would be saturated with "conjecture" icons.I'm also amazed at how completely erroneous podcasts are allowed to survive, mostly as a result of the business model employed to support the website.