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.

Every item has a lifespan and collecting maintenance/replacement costs should start as soon as an item is put into service.There are lenders that will provide HELOC on rental properties but they are not extremely easy to find.  

Immeadiate gratification is my trigger word like Columbus is for that cartel.These answers come on BP simply cause of that.

An extremely overlooked method here is to open up listed rentals on zillow in your target market and call any landlords that don't appear to be listed as an agent or property management company.

I am an out of state investor in Indy and recently got my offer accepted but the lender is now offering an extremely high rate 6.375% with a 3.5% discount rate for $3,172.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at

I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.

The pictures look nice, and a drive-by didn't trigger any immediate red flags, but I am budgeting for the worst just to be safe.   2) How would I go about making sure the title is clean?

At an extremely reasonable 5% return you'd be earning $500K per year. $5mil in RE and $5mil in REIT's/stocks gives you great diversification, liquidity, and cash flow in my opinion.

Rent control more extreme than the statewide rent control.