I enjoy hearing about peoples’ personal wins and innovative, creative strategies.  

Ask for higher security in person have them back out on their own if they still want the place you will be safer with more security

Work with your commercial lender/insurer/lawyer/personal banker and see if they know of any interested parties.4. 

My lease has a sublet fee (2 weeks is guest by lease more than 2 weeks in a year is sublet) that is costly enough ($100/night per person which is about what a cheaper hotel is here) that makes sure tenants do not have others move-in without informing us.

“ cash flow returns” almost always compare horribly to a simple bank CD after you deduct for insurance, prop taxes< vacancy, capex, prop management (or your personal time.) etc etc etc. 

We used $100k of private money and the rest was personal cash.

And then you can use that information to start to develop your own personal due diligence method: Crowdstreet.com, 1031 Crowdfunding, Akr7, Finresi etc.

I found this one https://www.titlesearchcourse.com/faq/ its 69$ and the person who created it also has a youtube and specializes in tax foreclosure properties which is what i do.

I've seen landlords live in blissful ignorance for 5-10 years due to dumb luck, then their world comes crashing down and they lose everything.I have a book, there are some in the BP bookstore, or you can check out one of my personal favorites, Every Landlord's Legal Guide by NOLO.

I personally have had amazing success with properties which are between 2 and 12 units, which most people would call “small multi-family.”