I prefer my attorney to be close to asset to represent me at closing and serve as my qualified rep for LLC state filing requirements. 

How would i attract a good client, what makes a court attractive, how do you coordinate trailers coming in/hooking up, what are appropriate rates of return, etc?

Serve notice to quit August 6th, Court Date Sept 6th, Writ filled Oct 4th and tenant is still not evicted- nov 18th!  

Network too with programs in your area that serve low income households.

And many CPAs I know, including myself, work with clients remotely all over the country.

I had a client back in the day I sold a big 1,200 acre trophy ranch to in northern CA.. ( which yes has had one of the fires go through it this summer).. anyway he was a big landlord in Alameda 160 doors.. and that in today market is probably 100 mil or more in real estate and it was all free and clear.. ( why I like free and clear )  and he paid cash for the ranch.BUT the moral of the story is he collected rent personally twice a month.. tenants were trained like Thomas trains his.. rent is to be in an envelope on pinned to the front door on one of those days.. no rent he then posted a 3 day notice.. so it was one or the other 3 day notice or collect the rent.. the front doors looked like pin cushions.  

If you don't have employees, that saves you money, but then you are basically living in the coffee shop.I don't know how much you need, but in my opinion, $15,000 isn't nearly enough.I know if I were representing the landlord, I'd want to see that you had a lot more that set aside, unless I was a desperate landlord who was looking for any tenants I could get.I actually have a client with a coffee shop and it's a tough business.I'm not trying to discourage you, I just want you to go in with your eyes wide open.

My knowledge is derived from advising clients about these deals and also preparing the tax returns at the sponsor level as well.  

For my clients, I always send them the source of my information so they don't have to take my word for it. 

My clients, the buyers, backed out on the spot since they didn't want to get involved in a deal which began with obvious subterfuge.