I am not saying don't take the points, but really evaluate all the socio-political and economic factors involved before you take the shinny penny.Thanks.

Bird dogs go out and find property, they don't put it under contract or do any of the other work that's involved.

I have a little, tiny bit of understanding in that there could be another surplus fund involved.

If you start self-managing in January and continue through the rest of the year, you should definitely be able to satisfy that requirement as long as you’re more involved than anyone else (including contractors and property managers).

Another option can be using a Hard Money Lender, a lot of times there is just less red tape involved.

What we are starting now is HYPER-local in extreme national variance. 

This way you know you are in good hands and that it will take minimal involvement from your end on all aspects of your investment.

A single member LLC is not as big of a deal, but once there is a partner involved, an attorney needs to be as well.

I get the 'professional silence', and have been told imperiously by other landlords that I should just not respond and ignore rambling, and responses definitely encourage more.However I find I have tenants that demand attention, if I don't answer they continue to get louder and angrier, and begin trying to come up with ways to force me to answer and get involved.  

I don't know that I would work through a title company for issues that could be more involved like doing quiet title actions, paying estate taxes etc.