This is much different than CORPORATE credit, which is purely EIN based credit with no personal guarantees.

There you will be asked your criteria and then after answering a few questions you will be matched with 3-5 agents or loan officers in your area.

Based on your answer, you will then look for different markets. 2- Market analysis: Find a market that fits what you are looking (cash flow, appreciation, etc).

He said, if someone were to get injured on one of my properties (hypothetically) and walked into his office wanting to sue me, he would most likely take that case based on the amount of houses I had and the assets to go after. 

Completely understand, based on the other comments on this post, I can see a trend.

based on your rent numbers, i might be renting below markets rents.

That is why I'm focusing on some of these "higher end" markets because rents are more likely to continue to increase and the tenant base is really solid.We should connect sometime! 

Some of these other options you listed are decisions based on how you want to live and how you feel about having strangers in your primary house and aren't something we can tell you to do. 

I would check out the blog article 17 Questions to Ask an Investor-Friendly Real Estate Agent.After you have your questions ready, I'd recommend using BiggerPockets Agent Finder to match with a local, investor-friendly real estate agent who can help you find, analyze, and close your next deal.

@Sandeep DhallI use DIY and I love them for the algorithm-based studies.