If you can find a deal that cash flows decently now, I do think we'll start to see 3%+ per year organic rent growth again sometime in the next 2-4 years, since new construction starts have been very low the past 2 years so new supply coming online is going to drop a lot in the coming years. 

It's your choice.

Either choice will seat 6ish. 

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.

I have all the funds at hand for at least one property, yet I'm confused between the various choice options including Jersey City, Newark, Union County, Bayonne, Camden etc.

Look online or go in person and get all their eviction paperwork.3. 

CHOICES, that's all it is, choices.     

If she's a salesperson, then its not their choice how much they charge.

@All - i won the online auction, I’ll try to post updates on here.

The LLC has nothing to do with this because you aren't getting a loan to a new LLC as a new investor with no track record unless you have a long-standing relationship with a local community bank or credit union.It's good that you have boots on the ground in Birmingham, but I can tell from the way you laid it out that you have done research online and made a plan based on this.