I also purchased a multi-parcel farm property in TN where the trust who owned the property was out of money and needed cash to continue. 

The majority of Buyers search 3rd party listing services which also provide listing agent contact info.

You could easily buy land that is zoned for multi-family and find a lot where you could build 4-8 townhomes.

The property would be a multi family that me and my wife would live in one unit and rent out the rest.

If it’s a multi rental property we ask for the PL sorted by property, which can be done with classes. 

I charge a really high fee and require the tenant to carry bite insurance.Inspections are done on a schedule and always recorded with pictures and/or video.

I bought my first Multi-Unit (Duplex) and I'm gearing up to find my first SFH/Fixer Upper so I'm trying to build my list of resources for available properties in Atlanta and surrounding areas.

I stopped paying the 1%+ and my principal finally started to decrease, significantly.My suggestion is that you ask brokers for recommendations that are in the area where you are purchasing your property and keep calling banks and save thousands of dollars you can use to invest for your next purchase.Two things:  Your broker wasn't getting rich on a 1% commission and the 1% you paid to your broker didn't keep your principal from decreasing; it was probably the cash out he got you (and at a higher LTV than the bank would lend you I might add).Banks and brokers each have a place in the lending arena.StephanieMy broker got rich just from my investments and he was purchasing more multi-unit properties that myself.

I've been watching Chad Carson's videos and his approach of accumulating more properties than you need, then start using that income to pay off mortgages and cull the lower performing properties makes sense to me. 

Ideally you have the company and the tenants on the lease since one party is paying rent and the other party is in the home.