We can pull those list based on, Owners who live in the property, absentee owners who live in the state, and absentee owners who live out of state.Then based on your budget you can male those owners directly, cross-reference them with white pages and call them directly, or you can walk up to doors knock and talk to people who live there or leave a sticky note in case they are not there. 

This is a sticky issue but I have spent hours looking online and have found that (apparently) an ESA "certification" must be signed by a mental health professional IN THE STATE OF THE RENTAL PROPERTY. 

I use sticky notes to represent who is renting the address, the day they are supposed to pay, the amount paid. 

I would recommend Gary Weinhaur with Cleveland Mortgage Corp for all financing - easy or sticky, he'll get you through it.

I put in about 15 offers, but we got 3 to stick. I

Also, when I asked them why they didn't have all 3 of the adults sign the lease, I was told, " I had it on a sticky note that only one of them was going to be held responsible for paying the rent, however, we switched to a paperless system and now I can't find the note". 

If you're serious, you need to go on beans and rice for about 2 years, and then you'll be in a super solid position to invest, grow quickly, and never look back.

Should one off Realtors like this be allowed to perform leasing activities - collect deposits and rents - and advise their clients on such an ongoing sticky matter?  

If you want to really be secure, use a password manager like lastpass, keypass, sticky password, or logmeonce to maintain unique passwords for each website you use.

I nothing but ramen and rice the first 6 months I bought my house in order to save up a big enough "safety net" just in case something happened.