If your exchange is not done properly or your funds are not safe you are going to kick yourself for trying to save $500. 

I saved up the down payment for a few months and have a few remaining as emergency funds.

Awesome info.

I know many investors are looking for lenders for these builds so I'll pass along your info!

@Dustin Horner you should be contracting maintenance work and creating a preferred list of vendors as @Phillip Austin has recommended.The first person you hire to help you should be to handle what you LEAST like to do yourself or has the greatest time savings for you!

For example, if the guy with the CRM company is asking the CRM questions because he actually is seeking the info from the public, what they like, hate, need, want, so he can go back and use that info to better what he's doing, hey high-5.Unfortunately, that's maybe what, 1:1,000.... 

We don’t know all of your info.  

I have been doing the anakysis on several rental properties and saving the results.  

This is not personal, but if a person cannot save money now real estate is the worst investment to get into as it is one of the most cost intensive businesses to be in.  

Two, the tenants will likely stay longer and there will be less turnover, which mean some savings on turnover costs.