Yes, there are podcasts that mention avoiding high crime areas, but there are also podcasts where people specifically work in areas that most people avoid... primarily for the reason that most people avoid it, and they have no issue with it.If you are planning on managing the property yourself, then you need to know the kind of tenants you want to have, and that will help you narrow down which kind of neighborhoods you want to concentrate on.

The internet seems to agree that down payments on commercial loans around going to be in the 30%+ range.

I pay our cell phone bills, trash bills, water bills, cable/internet.

If it's just you, no partners, buying rentals with residential loans and little equity, probably you should concentrate on growing that first and getting some equity before you worry about LLCs, business accounts and asset protection.

Keep in mind some properties are economically obsolete … along with functionally obsolete.. be careful.. in this day and age with the internet and this irrational exuberance to be landlords there are not many markets that are totally under the radar that are viable.. 

It was bank of the internet. 

Just used a sample version of promissory note from internet(big mistake).

I do prewire my units of cable and internet but no one uses the cable.

So, since it starts with “rising unemployment” I assume the author doesn’t own a computer or can’t afford internet access.

Most of the people you hear from on the Internet are crooks trying to fill their pockets, not yours.