I think this is generally a good post but, a couple of subjects warrant comment (opinion...which yes, I know how valuable anyone's opinion may or may not be).* In my world (Bank) a "Foreclosure" is a property/loan that has a filed notice (Often referred to as first legal) that a foreclosure has commenced and is somewhere in the foreclosure process between first legal and sale (or post sale redemption).

For the first and maybe the first couple of properties, I wouldn't worry about QB.

You have a couple ways to access that equity.... you can 1031 your orange county property into a large multifamily and create cashflow that way.

And BRRRR in general are hard to make pencil, primarily because rents in my market, while up, have not really grown as fast as overall property values, and the cost to finance is much higher relative to a couple years ago.

I'd get quotes from a couple lenders and just go with the best one or the one you'd want to build a relationship with.

It  depends on the scale of your portfolio but if you have a couple properties and they’re all straightforward, I think google drive is fine. 

I'm also in Buffalo and have a couple properties that used to have additional structures on them.

This is the breakdown:2 tenants on month to month leases ~$250-$350 less than market1 long term tenant (15yrs) is now on month to month lease and is paying $1500 less than marketAfter consulting with a couple of people and doing some research, it sounds like anything over a I should apply banking rent raise and submit a 60 day notice (all of these units fall into that category).

If they are married/related yes, combining incomes to reach the goal is generally acceptable. 

In terms of what I learned from reading Rich Dad/Poor Dad a couple years, I think I land in the Poor Dad philosophy and I'm looking to break out of that a little, but also am risk-averse at my core.