An ignorant person lacks knowledge or awareness.

Ask for a line of credit.  

I would spend money to enhance and update to current standards the search functionality and person to person tagging so it's easier to find stuff.

• Is this a better strategy than using your own name, capital and credit to start out?

Quote from @Amanda Dobbs: Is there a place to find Private Investors as in one person?

If the applicant comes from the pool of people that I or my tenants know, I use real estate as a way to give back as many of my tenants will not qualify credit wise or may even have a criminal background or would struggle for another reason if I were to just stick to the "background/credit check" criteria. 

Signing the lease demonstrates they agree to the terms and then you can hold them accountable.If you don't do this, then the person named on the lease and paying the rent could disappear and you would have no legal authority to charge the remaining three for unpaid rent.

I have two banks that have done so as well as a credit card, and know of a couple of organizations that have as well.

but keep in mind CA has higher taxes and reg fees and I’m not doing more than 1-2 flips (short timeframe flips)  a year and many years do 0 flipsDo most flippers put flips into LLC Or in personal name (sole proprietor)  in CA (where you must pay $800 yearly plus accounting and other fees $300to $600+ yearly to maintain LLC) Pros for personal name-save on taxes accounting.

Did you finance this deal with a local bank or credit union?