We're feeling prompted to take our little business to the next level and shift focus to multi-family.Our ultimate goal in going down the REI path is to fund our daughters' (we have 6 of them!)

I work for a company that makes automatic lubrication system devices and I was in Bakersfield last month quoting systems for Chevrons oil field.

and what level of success there had been importing measurements automatically?

And when you start looking and low-dollar properties you can have small dollar amounts making a big shift in cash-on-cash returns.Just for easy math (ignore impracticalities): $70K purchase price means $17,500 down.So you need $1,750 in cash-flow to make your 10% goal.If you get $1,500 it's an 8.5% cash-on-cash return.

A company can only accomplish these goals by keeping its word and by genuinely seeking to help its clients.We will set up automatic payments which will transfer the funds necessary to pay the entire monthly mortgage from our company’s bank account directly to their mortgage account every month on time.

If you try to renegotiate the price,  the seller is probably not obligated to automatically give in to your demands.

Based on the info I'm gathering and additional research I've done I will shift my focus away from the C properties. 

However, I learned that I could also find an agent and ask him to create automatic alerts for what i am looking for in an specific area. 

Fantastic automatic deposit renters who have never missed a month.

The fact that they have spend personal time in that property does not automatically disqualify it.