Maybe they own identical buildings in town and know the true costs of ownership instead of plugging in random percents as costs.

Use a trust to protect your identity then transfer beneficial interest to your LLC.

The schools were similar in ratings and properties pretty much identical.  

My current numbers on my property are purchase price $146,000 / monthly income of $2,600 (with about $600/month in maintenance) / cap rate of 16%.I'm currently seeking advice and pointers on how to go about finding a good, dependable lender that would like to benefit from me scaling up identical opportunities in the area I've found.

Your game plan is almost identical to mine.

I am in almost identical life situation and looking to do what you are doing!

If the rate is identical between the two, there's no reason to go 20 if you can go 30.

Two identical buildings on one piece of land.

How realistic is that going to be if there 30 other identical homes vacant in the same neighborhood?  

That being said, a lot more yellow letters go out these days in general, giving away to the prospective sellers that maybe they are not actually hand-written, since they get almost identical products from many buyers!