For instance, said property manager manages maintenance issues, problems that arise during bookings, basically anything that needs a physical person at the property, while I manage the rest?

Basically do it in paper before you go down the road.  

You now basically have a duplex for sale and that's an investment property.

So Agree Jeff many simply have no basic manners. and that can be from a texting society where brevity is all they know. 

Feel free to reach out to me or send me an email I can walk you through the basics and go over what is required and what to avoid.

If a newbie doesn't know how to do basic due diligence on an investment, they also don't know how to do due diligence on a coach or how to evaluate a coaching contract to understand exactly what the student will receive for their money.

James and his people who manage the program are nice and give basic sales and negotiation advice but not much that moves the needle in any situation.

Until the rates come down to refinance, the key for us is to limit the amount of turnover at the properties. 5K to 10K in rehab basically eats away at several years of cashflow.

Lendbase, as a "correspondent lender" basically shops for and lends other Lender monies.

Not some basic furniture with a couple of sets of silverware thrown in.