I make sure I screen each potential tenant thoroughly (background and credit checks) and require references.

CT isn't cheap so if you plan on doing it there you are going to surprised at how poorly you do. maybe in the suburbs I'm not sure but as much as I know people call us from CT and everyone is rich and has lots of money and things are expensive out there. build to rent is a great model. we build 3 story walk up infill and keep it to the residential side. 3 units is the most units before it's commercial and you need engineering, etc. check comparable and things liek that. we came up with this design a year ago and we sold 10 if you want to talk further please DM me happy to connect. there are some great build to rent conferences. we went vertical not horizontal with it to save on build costs and design to fit on any infill lot. this fits on a 3500 square foot lot. most lots in our area are 30x120 or 30x150. in miami where I live now they are 50x100 or so. but any infill lot we can pretty much get this one on. there are some great build to rent conferences coming up too that if you like this topic I'd recommend attending I'm sure you'd learn a lot. 

If you are set on closing under your personal name, you definitely want to check with your lender on that during the initial fact-finding stage. 

You can easily look them up on https://nmlsconsumeraccess.org/If they are a commercial lender, you may want to check for google reviews

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

ANDAt least 5% ownerYou might want to check out this thread with sample REPS Log / Activity tracker that meets IRS guidelines https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/816680-real-e... 

When I checked their reviews, I first started with the negatives ones and they were similar to the ones found on Reddit.

You can also check their reviews online at Google, Facebook, or Yelp.

Thanks in advance for your time.Bobby Short Hey Bobby, you should check out Second Street.

Quote from @Theodore Sutton: Check out the site meetup.com and also the events page on BP for meetings up in your area to meet people like this and build relationships.