Experience and managers who are licensed and specialize in property management is where you want to start, not a Realtor who pretends to do property management on the side. best of luck on your search

Keep the emotion down and pretend I hired you to get to the bottom of this. 

There are some that are better at RE than others, but I am certain it is nowhere as tough as quantum physics, Calculus, etc...so I get confused at people saying they are hear to help, teach and mentor yet I read many posts of people pretending to help but their "advice" is laced with condescension, arrogance, finger-wagging, etc.  

They pretend to be the actual buyer.

Look, if you were my client I would get you into the best possible outcome possible, but I'm not going to pretend that writing significantly under asking offers for difficult sellers that probably overpriced their homes to begin while using a loan product that may make you look less qualified is going to get you anywhere.  

If we use the 50% rule here, (and pretend im not living here as well), and look at other rents around the area for the same size/quality of property, I think I could charge at least $1400 a month/per unit.

. :)So I'll pretend you asked about renting out a one point five million dollar home.

Owners recorded a quit claim deed in favor of a 3rd party person for no to little monetary value (I guess they pretend to pass property rights to a family member, probably hoping to tangle the foreclosure process.

If one would just get serious about the business, stop pretending it is a hobby to be done in his/her spare time, at his/her leisure, he/she could save years of wasted time and money.What could you possibly learn there that you can't ask someone here about?

If you want to analyze every detail of your tiny campaign to pretend you have convinced yourself you know the magic formula to get the highest possible return, good luck.