I have been finding tenants thru Facebook marketplace, been lucky so far, but I’m plan to buy more properties and manage them myself, how do I find and screen them more professionally without paying anyone

I'm on the west side of Elgin,IL and plan to make my first buy south or southwest of here.

If this is a route you plan to go, I might also get a lawyer on board from the start and allow them to either negotiate with the insurance company or file the lawsuit against the agent and brokerage.

Work out a payment plan, put it in on a credit card, but get the thing replaced! 

My plan is to house hack a duplex by using the equity in my current single family house to fund the down payment.

Just make sure you do thorough research and financial planning.

Think about it. "10K a day" of Boomers retire, and many of the "S" type business owners really didn't develop a plan for how to exit their business.

Have a plan and target property, and be ready to buy. 

@Rowan KleckerKeep looking at deals and then calculate in the exit plan.

Anyway, im planning to turn the old one into a 5 bed 2 bath airbnb.