Never sign a contract or put any money up until YOUR Panama attorney has done a complete title search and YOUR Panama attorney creates the purchase contract.   

My question is if it's possible for me to have a promissory note signed in order to carry a note even though I'm not the buyer while concurrently having the seller not have a realized gain for the amount we're financing.

Most property managers will procure a tenant for you for a fee and you do not have to sign up for them to manage the property.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Cash flow is solid, tenants just signed on for a second year after I increased rent 100 a month.I'm looking to use this as a platform for more investments but am having trouble figuring out how to finance other deals in the area.

I hate getting text messages from people I didn't sign up to get info from.

We rented a home to three adult brothers just over a year ago and just signed the lease renewal. 

Have the tenant sign off on a move-in checklist to avoid disputes later.If your not using a property management company, you will also want to establish a plan for handling maintenance requests and emergencies.

I told him I would need all parties that signed the lease to sign a one page amendment taking him off.   

As an agent it's easier for me to e-sign leases and documents outside of their system, which is too limiting as well.