So when the for-crap property manager ran the false name, no information on this prospective tenant came up.

You can find the properties through this website: https://listings.vrmco.com/Just a word of caution for anyone with student loans, New American's qualifying criteria are similar to FHA - when calculating DTI, they will use 1% of your outstanding student loan balance rather than your actual monthly payment. 

I've been listening to a lot of BP Podcasts and heard ads of this crowdfunding website.

We advertise on Furnished finder, zillow and our own website. 

There is a free website that I use to find the estimated short term rent based on Airbnb data.The same information you can get from airdna but you need to pay for that service.

Recommend you Google "Cleveland lead paint instpection" and read what it says on city website.

He doesn't have a website. 

Here is the link to the website. 

Given that this website invented the term "house hack," it's only appropriate that BP as a business pull off an "office hack" - and btw, yes, the financing is better for owner operated offices, as well) that blunts much of the risk.We all know folks that purchased lots of SFRs in the aftermath of 2008, I also know some folks that purchased offices in the aftermath of 2008.

These are the keywords that stand out to me in your question:sources, websites, best deals, systems, step by step, factors.You are focused on all of the wrong things.