Through the daily grind of selling to SMBs and the experience of starting a sales team from scratch, I have strong experience in "systemizing" a lead funnel leading to constant improvements in sales efficiency at both the rep and team level (ask me about sales enablement tools, I love them!).

Doing it that way would enable you to get this deal done and learn how to do the next one yourself.

When you form a Partnership the best type keeps you in control and makes all Partners involvement and ownership variable.When you purchase them, at least 32 units will enable you to hire a Property Management Company and do the daily operations.

This has enabled me to get started on the research side. 

In many ways BP enables the "I read three articles this week & watch HGTV, so now I'm a RE investor!"

Are the PM charges legitimate needs?

That will give you a little more wiggle room and potentially enable you to pull out all of your capital at refi.

@Marcus Auerbach I would like to be a broker ASAP for business-enabling purposes.

There are legitimate reasons someone may have stopped in the middle to sell, but there are hidden reasons as well.

If they have a legitimate lease, you must honor the lease unless you are intending to occupy the property yourself.