The “hot tub show” models will work, but you will do more work on them in the end.  

Just be transparent with the sellers that you are licensed and for good grace recommend they use a realtor on their end, although not necessary. 

Do you have prior experience to operating the rehab credit contingency to avoid the seasoning period?

In my experience, there are a range of starting-off experiences, but one's experience is not always indicative of someone's desire/drive/commitment to pursue and thrive in real estate. 

Your first year will be a learning experience, you will want to be close to the action, as you may not have the capital to pay someone to handle everything.

They are big fans and users of his system and I think they are going to need it

You both clearly have experience dealing with this firsthand, and I want to see if there's a way to balance enforcement with profitability.

I searched for a few months and ended up buying a rent-ready, duplex in Brookhaven, PA.

If a situation arises where landlord and tenant end up suing each other or both being named in a lawsuit, and we're on the same insurance policy together, that seems to create more problems than it solves.

This is based on my experience, I used to be on the guru “circuit” years ago, and personally knew most of the gurus of the 1970 - 1980s. 4.