I highly suggest as many in-person networking events as possible! 

@Ryan WasherHey everyone, I'd be interested in attending an in-person or virtual meet up also.

Also, the transunion credit and background check is almost $50 per person.

Don't talk yourself into a place because of personal use.Buying a $475k condo that brings in 35k in gross rental income will lose a lot of money.

My personal goal is to build a rental protfolio, but I'm open to anything.Thanks in advance. 

Managing five rentals can eat up a ton of time in any given week, often at times that are inconvenient to you and your personal interests (family, hobbies, travel, etc.).Of course you can manage on your own.

i would never tell a random person on the internet where they should live. 

For my personal portfolio I use a modified spreadsheet amortization by VERTEX, available in Google Docs.  

If you have, you have put yourself at great personal risk.Again, I recommend you get a lawyer as soon as possible.

@Erica King Sounds like this is more of a personal budgeting concern rather than a real estate one.