You have to be invited and approved for the group.I also asked each of my previous nurses which company placed them in my area, then asked for the recruiter's contact information. 

Use tools like the BiggerPockets House Hacking Calculator to analyze deals, get pre-approved for a mortgage, and begin with a manageable property to build your experience.Good luck!

Buy in an area of the city where people are upwardly mobile so they will leave in a couple years as they have high paid tech jobs. 

:Oh, so, you mean like say, get a person to transfer deed into your name on property while retaining there mortgage acquired under there name, there credit, there income, but now doing things in a manner to convey the benefits of said mortgage financing unto yourself who financing party never approved, reassigned to, or even has knowledge of.......

This is the investment thesis in my area, it is becoming a bit saturated, but if you can rent just below the new build/corporates, and maybe accept tenants that are a bit outside of the corporate approved model, you can keep your place rented. 

Are there approved vendors you must use for unit repairs? 

I can wait a year or more, so long as it gets approved and I'll eventually see that money in the future.

A local lawyer approved lease worked for the tenants I chose; I took in rents on Apartments.com.  

I been looking to buy my first rental property I already got Pre-approval loan, down payment and criteria for the house.

but generally - new accounting and property tracking softwares fall short in one of two places: 1) they don't actually generate financial statements that a CPA or Lender will approve, or 2) They can, but the learning curve is so steep or convoluted it's impossible for you to get help if/when you need it (I imagine this is why this thread is a little slow right now)Have you asked your accountant what they think will work best?