Best advice I received is think in multiples, fix stuff when it breaks quickly, and first few years probably not going to make any money. 

i would do fha and then go conventional to buy multiple properties.

Now I have a portfolio here of STR's and have helped multiple other out of state and new investors do the same, or reach their goals in whatever strategy they are wanting to move forward with (I started house hacking). 

As far as I know, I don't think software like Stessa or Baselane can really track anything related to multiple owners/partners. 

The other reason tax bills get stalled in Congress is that most bills combine multiple unrelated measures, usually serving various special interests.

I don't want to see you bank on having multiple un-related renters and have your plan fall through in the first few days. 

You will certainly gets lots of different perspectives from the forums and most likely multiple people will have experienced a similar situation in their investing journey!

Inspection Results: Mostly small issues, inspector was mainly concerned with multiple cracks throughout the siding.

My rentals are all over the place and on a yearly basis I make multiple and consistent visits to these places. 

Ummmmmmm...I've lived in California since 1990 and own multiple investment properties there.