On a landlording thread a guy advocates for illegal things, has no clue muscle isnt proper.

Flexing your landlord muscles won't work here. 

It not only alleviates potential challenges but also ensures a smoother and less daunting process.Considering your investing capital and funding sources is also key.

I replaced the oven for $500 (delivered and installed in 3 days) - why quibble over such trivial amounts in order to alleviate my stress?  

Self development/education is a muscle.

Syndications could also help alleviate the burden of identifying the property.

You will be taking on more liability, and if you go bigger than 4 units you won't have the owner occupier financing available.Exercise your analyzing muscles by vetting some possible deals in different price points so you can see the difference in finances.

She may be incorrect and/or I may be misquoting her but that alleviated some of my concerns about possible selling a property because we simply don't make that much money.

The way I am set up helps alleviate the stress by paying an objective 3rd party to run the rehab. 

These are all relatively simple projects that don't involve much capitol; just a good planning session and lot of sweaty, dirty, muscle-building work.