I'm presently a facilities engineer by trade, who does some construction and maintenance for landlords on the side, hoping to get back into the private real estate game.

For example the first text on Goodin Development's web page says:"We build premium, market rate communities throughout Indiana and help busy professionals invest in real estate, without the hassle of having to analyze properties, manage tenants, or deal with any repairs."1) Where has Goodin Development built or are you building anything whatsoever?

Absolutely no screening activity involved whatsoever other than these non-fair housing related mentions. 

This also helped us in an unattended way when investing with my Solo 401k because banks treated the funds as liquid when invested in a public traded exchange versus in their fund and helped with securing better commercial financing on a deal because of the strength of our application in liquid assets.

With property insurers’ profitability and trade combined ratios improving, we can expect some relief soon.

Many other investors offer the same deal and it doesn't cost any upfront monies whatsoever.

Some costs MAY qualify as startup costs if the rental rises to a qualifying trade or business level under 195 as well.

(https://rent-remind.com/)Tenantcloud: Yet another jack of all trades app.

I was frustrated interviewing professionals to find out I often knew more than they did (specific to real estate) only because I am always reading and continuing to learn my trade to the best of my ability.  

When I was 22 I had to move from my home town to Las Vegas in pursuit of HVAC trade school.