Landlords are big, fat, soft targets, 90% of what we do is just own stuff.  

I feel way more comfortable trimming the fat and running with a great cash flowing property.

They can in fact be very anal about these things.

I had basically no money so I got pre approved for hard money, my barber can in with the gap funds and I used my mentor for his experience.

Not knowing anything other than what you've stated, I would suggest to start by investing as much time as you can in education.One way to start would be to subscribe to the BP Youtube Channel, look at the different Playlists, pick one and start consuming as much information as you can. 

Fat thumbs I guess!!!

We paid off our home mortgage of 3.75% but so we could put a fat 1st Heloc on it and buy rentals quickly with cash at a discount.What's the plan when you pay it off?

Provide them details of your successes and show them how they can make a better return on their money with you than they can in the stock market, and with less risk. 

I'm not looking for any shortcuts and am willing to allocate as much time as needed to be of value to you while learning everything I can in getting started.

The time between 2008-2012 were fat times and profits were good as the margins were large and the room for error was significant.