Also, any insights on when hard money makes the most sense for a strategy like mine (e.g., acquiring a fixer-upper SFH) would be incredibly helpful.Thanks again for your thoughtful advice!

I just did all but one of mine on Monday. 

I intentionally keep mine in a different county than I live in too, just in case they do notorious serious or something.I don't own many rentals these days, but if I did, id have one of the online pay services or set up an ACH on their paydays.

I have a Florida based lender who helped prior clients of mine from Canada with their commercial real estate purchase.

It’s amazing to see how much the market has changed since then..and I remeber reading an article in Forbes that talked about how travelers often prefer unique stays with great locations.A friend of mine up in Lakewood had a client who tried an Airbnb in a condo overlooking Sloan’s Lake.

I appreciate this post as this scenario is very similar to mine.

wow a client of mine used to own the eastmont mall back in the 80s..

If your property is 1259 sq ft, and the going rate for 1250 properties in a close-knit are is 1250/month, then two things are a given.  1: In order to get the 1250 you need to have no problems with that property.  2:  just because you added gold fixtures in the bath, and a marble floor in the foyer, you're not getting more than 1250. 

It’s my brother and 2 good friends that have some experience. the money lender would be a family member of mine lending out of their self directed IRA so they will be lenient with us.

Haven’t used it personally but a good friend of mine who self manages around 20 doors uses it and swears by it.