Another way she could have phrased things is ‘I realized I had to file bankruptcy, and I caught a huge break because it turned out that all my debt was forgiven, allowing me to begin saving and get on a better track earlier than I anticipated.

I insure my rentals with a commercial broker, Mark Roland with Four Square Insurance , that shops many carriers and tracks trends, etc.

I think you are on the right track comparing options - however I would note that there isn't really a differentiation between "DCSR" and "ARM" - there are a lot of 5 Year ARM options for DSCR Loans so theres overlap - maybe you are referring to a true 5-year balloon bank/credit union type loan?

She has already proven herself difficult. 

My reputation and proven successes did help.

In regard to what to look for in a mentor (paid or unpaid) is that they are actively doing deals, are one of the main GP (not someone who has a minor role in a deal), offer a proven system for you to follow, and offer the connections you need to complete a deal.

If entities are disregarded, you can keep up with more than 1 in a single QBO account using the location/business feature to keep track of them separately.

And how did you track the payments?

if the answer is no.. then please keep in mind this will be next to impossible for you go get unless your financially strong enough to walk in the local bank and borrow from them. no HML is going to loan that kind of money on new construction for someone with no track record.UNLESS you put in a huge amount of cash.. up front. so were We see all these folks getting scammed is they don't realize they really don't qualify for financing.. there is some notion running around that HML are just equity lenders they are not.. they are experience lenders IE how many have you done.. first time borrower VERY short leash. so you have the scammers saying no problem  the bigger the loan the bigger up front fee they hit you with and never fund.If you have the ability to go on American Greed website.. look up the episode on Remington financial.. they were the mother of the pump and dump Due diligence scams.. 

Investors, and in particular those that do *not* manage their properties - how do you track your properties?