@Rolayne Taylor Starting with one rental in 2019 is an excellent foundation!

Both are excellent platforms which save people immense amount of work and tme by compiling all the critical data you need in 1 place but there leads are way behind the county recorders/courts/notices i.e the source of most motivated seller leads.

You've received excellent advise from others here.

Seller financing would be an excellent way of purchasing a small hotel/motel, but you'll need at least 25% down.

As far as benefit to the seller goes, @Matthew Paul I think you are probably right on the money and regardless of whether they would have preferred to stay in this house rather than move, it is likely providing them some excellent cash flow; and I'd be hard-pressed to come up with a deal that serves both parties better than the current situation. 

@Brice Alef-TorrisiHaving one checking account per property is an excellent way to keep your property finances separate from one another and your personal finances.

That is all we use it for.Negatives are we still use home made Excel spreadsheets for business expense management. 

Excellent...but you have to know where to invest.

Both Lifestyles' and Brad's training was/is excellent. 

If you are in low to mid six figures say $250k a year -   you would need around $2.5  - $3M in cash to make the similar income consistently and without significant risk.Thank you, Chris, for your thoughtful insights—it’s an excellent point to consider the financial and tax implications of leveraging equity.