Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.

The tenant hasn’t been the greatest: late payment with not always paying late fees, multiple complaints from the neighbors, changing phone numbers, ect .

I suggest you enter private money goldmine in search botton at top right of the screen and read the previous posts....here is one that gives good perspective as well as a link to legitimate private lenders.http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/topics/1488...

Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.

But the lawsuit reveals details that are hard to ignore: emails, phone calls, and even group meetings allegedly used to share strategies for keeping rents high.

@Anthony MillerYour property management experience is a major advantage as you start investing, giving you a head start with tenant screening, lease agreements, and maintenance coordination.

AS you get more experience you will learn how to screen better.  

If it's not feasible due to circumstances I suppose I'll have to adjust my situation (find weekend job, move back to NJ with parents, move to a different state with, etc.)All responses are appreciated, and I am absolutely open to chatting on the phone by the way.My view on house hacking is it can be a great tool to buy a house you could not  otherwise afford, but it shouldn’t be a goal in it of itself if that makes sense and that’s not to discourage you from investing just there are alternatives such as the stock market. so I’d start by asking where you want to live, do you want to own a single family home or does it make more sense to rent in a more interesting neighborhood like Arlington, Alexandria, that’s gonna be a personal choice, Will your monthly payment actually be less than renting/how many people do you need to get in the house to afford that?

I screen individual dogs (of any breed) with an in-person evaluation before accepting their owners as my tenants.  

My properties are in B+ areas.I see in writing what they say they use to screen tenants and it looks as good as any I've seen.