If you don't want to do the leg work (which is fine, you may have other higher priority things in life) then try the agent or a reputed wholesaler/rental property provider.

Your PM company has a reputation of pushing rents as high as possible, which is great until it doesn’t rent for 3-6 months.

D4D (Dancing for dollars... get that floss tanga out ), Bandit signs, FB Craigslist, what ever you want to send traffic your way.6) Find a reputable closer/lawyer, what ever.7) Get the contract signed... and get cash buyers once you have said contract.

Now the baggage:The homeowner is telling me that previous people have had issues obtaining financing on it because one person owns seven of the remaining 10 units excluding hers and 2 others. that majority owner apparently has a very negative local reputation.

According to every reputable source I have read, the S&P 500 index has an annualized return of at least 10.8% over any 25 year period since they started keeping track. 

Best way to pick a reputable wholesaler is to select a licensed realtor.

Any reputable and profitable multi-family market soon becomes saturated with not only local investors but out of state investors.

Things like tax liens and deeds can have different cost associated with them than purchasing a rental property will.Next find some reputable passive custodians and do some online research.

Tbis will belp you build a buyerz list and give you experience while building a reputation and capital.

Com is a good website it's free unless you want to pay to remove their name from your web site address but hey look at it as a business expense.....