I would just add that you can subscribe to a free credit report tracker like Credit Karma to track your score and monitor for inaccuracies. 

GPs put up at least 10% of the required equity in the deals I've been involved in.

They will help you monitor your credit and provide you with suggestions on how to improve the score.

In other words, to find a way to plug them into my phones gps navigation so that I can find the exact lot when I am in the area with my vehicle, many of the lots are sandwhiched between other peoples empty lots.

In my view, smaller apartments are ripe for acquisition (i.e market inefficiencies, etc.) since fewer shrewd, sophisticated GPs are available to make offers. 

Am I reading this right - you would add security cameras to monitor a tenant inside their home? 

The last question is to help you monitor and track the effectiveness of your various marketing methods and tools...it can also help give you a preliminary idea of how motivated the seller is.For instance, people who contact you through bandit signs will tend to be more 'out of options' than people who contact your newspaper or yellow page ads.Screen for Motivation Is property currently on the market?

In the Carr Fire, my customer was evacuated for 2 weeks and knew they had a home to go back to as they could monitor their production from their solar system so knew the roof was still there.

A good property management company is worth the money you spend on them to attend to your tenants, monitor renewals, stay up to date on legal updates and allow you the freedom to focus on your life and goals. 

It simply protects them while they are managing your property.Another benefit: they can monitor to ensure your home is properly insured.