@Steve Rosenberg - I appreciate your comments and am considering a video walk-through for future tenants.  

However, it's essential to determine whether they are reputable brokers.

Essentially, you have to spend your own money and complete work on the property prior to reimbursing yourself out of the escrowed rehab budget.The draw process typically takes 5-7 days from initial request, to scheduling an inspection, and finally for the lender to wire those funds to you after your work is confirmed by the inspector.

This is a basic application which gathers all the essentials.

You're essentially subsidizing your tenant to the tune of $15,000 a year.

For me, I had no goals but found that two of the deals that I did, the seller looked me up on FB and said that they felt good about me pretty much because they got to know me through videos / posts that I made and I suppose that it built trust with them. 

However, if I earn too much “earned income,” I risk losing these essential benefits.That’s why I’m exploring real estate and the stock market, as these generate “unearned income” and allow me to maintain my benefits while building financial security.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

@Megan Mason recommend you watch some of the videos from @James Wise youtube channel on S8 evictions.We've been dealing with S8 tenants for over 20 years and they are NOT a cure-all for rent collection challenges.Since rents in Class A & B areas exceed S8 limits, most of your S8 rentals are going to be in Class C/D areas. 

@Drew Sygit you don’t know my approach- just because someone makes a comment or ask a question doesn’t mean they haven’t reached, read or watched videos.