Second piece of advice is to have a trust worthy title company that can guide you.

And I've heard good things about @Priti Donnelly's company, so not trying to undermine them. 

Leverage the Power of LLCsEstablishing a Limited Liability Company (LLC) for your real estate investments can offer both legal protection and tax benefits.

btw, i did not pay that much for sure, but i got what i want... without a mean management company. lol

For example, here in Columbus Ohio, you have amazing macros (population growth, job growth, and companies moving and developing here like Intel headquarters, Amazon, FB, Google, Nationwide, and recently Anduril AND you can still find positive cash flow and the 1% rule here PLUS there's AMAZING appreciation potential.2.

Anything beyond that is going to take some blocking and tackling (reaching out directly to local companies like solar farms, construction, medical staffing agencies, etc.).

Personal loans through the credit card companies can be approved and fund very quickly and my best rate is 7.9% so shop around as some are much higher.

He's got the #1 investor podcast in your area, his property management company is first rate, and he's a great guy.

Also any tips for automating this as much as possible and how to protect the property financially and property management would be appreciated.I ALMOST understand the rental arbitrage strategy if building a company scaling with say 30 + units and looking for high short term cash flow.  

Next question.... will you self-manage it, or turn it over to a professional management company, or some type of hybrid?