For instance, 24 Hour cash payments ( paying rent at 7-11 or Ace Cash express), there is no extra cost for me for this services.  

Brandon is a meth addict who continues to message us asking for his mail (even though we have expressed multiple times to him that we no longer get his mail because we took his name off the residence list).

I enjoyed Real Estate Express and McKissok both.

I basically had the same thoughts as most of the opinions expressed here.

My thought is to add a clause in the lease expressing the possibility of drowning if one falls into the lake.

I'm also a member of a 3-party LLC that has been formed with the express purpose of purchasing real estate as an investment.

I kind of don't want to run him off, so I am taking my time to offer, he seems to be in no hurry to sell, and has expressed the option of selling just one for now....My thought is if I aggressively pursue the owner financing, I know this will probably run off chances of traditional financing, if he's totally un interested.

Think of it this way... if your rentals are $50k each, there is no reason of forming a separate LLC for each one.Of course the above expressed on this public forum is my opinion, and is not to be construed as professional advice.

Or should I just go with the trite expressions of "diversify" and "invest for the long term?"

The other investors I know all have over 100 units and I express with them literally every weekly that my goal is to own 1,000 units within the next 10 year (now 9 because I made this goal last  year) and they are 100% supportive and help me out all the time with any advice, contractors, financing, and deals because they see me every week down there and they know I'm serious because I take action.