Getting rid of pitbulls, breaking up illegal activity, evicting nonpaying tenants, renovating to the studs so we can get higher rents.

Look at other rentals in the area and see not only how they are advertising or promoting online but also the inside and outside of the rental so you can create a similar environment to try to replicate the same results.

They actively try to recruit people in mine.

I'm personally licensed in 14 states and actively working on 8 more.

Which should be one-on-one.GROUP 1: Not tax strategies, but for some reason often promoted as suchOrganize your records.

I met this real estate agent on facebook, seems very active within the real estate community in that particular area based on the posts she's engaged with. 

Best bet would be a “partnership” with a monied individual looking for a high risk/high return passive investment with you providing the “active” part.  

The majority of our expertise comes from experience and having a specific book of real-estate clients who are involved in a wide variety of activities.

@Marcus Auerbach How many hours of active management per week would you say it realistically takes to manage 50 units yourself?

This would help us benchmark and explore simpler alternatives while understanding how complex the structure mentioned above truly is.I assume they are not actively managing their business?