@Alan HaleCan’t answer number 2 but financing has nothing to do with your profit I’m it doesn’t matter what you buy whether a car, home or pack of toothpicks, your profit is what you paid for it minus your costs/expensesWhere financing does come into play is it is a cost as money is not free - but it’s only what you have paid for that financing.Hope that makes sense

Quote from @Vasudev Kirs: A free Google account gives you 5GB of storage.Most property management software includes the ability to store documents with the tenant's records. 

Context: I’ve been using MLS, realtors and wholesalers to seek out my first investment property (debt free outside existing mortgage, $100k cash saved, stable income), since my network is fairly new and limited as a green investor.

So much knowledge, I'd pay thousands just to spend an hour with him.

source_impre...Even if you are not currently a host in search of property management feel free to share any information you think would be helpful.

Feel free to reach out to me and I’ll connect you with them. 

Tacking onto what @John Koster said, the POS ordinances can be tougher in certain cities than others and the tax rates in the burbs can turn a dream deal into a nightmare rather quickly.I'd find a knowledgeable agent who also invests and work with this person to learn the areas and see what fits your investing profile.

but if it showed success it would likely give me the needed knowledge and comfort to move forward with other Multi fam deals instead of specifically focusing on single fam.

Eventually, years down the road, I would like to sell some of the properties that I have acquired to pay off other properties and own them free and clear.

You can use it for free, go to app.runcomps.org and enter your_best_friendThis only has Los Angeles/Ventura data (since that's where I work), but something similar could be built out if you have access to transaction-level data for your market