Seems like it's probably a fairly saturated market with slim margins, but considering it's a hobby already, might as well combine them? 

I use a combination of excel and a notebook. 

I am looking for some creative ideas or combination of loan types to put me in a position to buy land (maybe owner finance?)

The home loan was based on your combined borrowing power.

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A number of people have asked this and if you use the search function, you can see replies to those posts. 

I can quickly create bank accounts for each property, the categories for tagging your transactions align perfectly with your Schedule E for taxes and I can do all of my tenant related functions like tenant vetting, lease creation and collecting deposits and rents.

I know cost is a factor but think about overall functionality and does it do the 7-10 things you really need? 

I think Lance's data from Resiclub has more 10 years information.Finding a two standard deviation homes shall not be too difficult when you combine these data/tools.

While many will also create LLCs or other entities and perform other services, that is not their core function.