@Adam Christopher you cannot screen for dumb people very easily, but you can lay out the rules clearly and if they break them, you can ask them to leave.

You should be able to get a duplex loan as easily if not more easily because you can show extra income from the other side.

Definitely set things up so that the business can easily be scaled and automated.

Aside from the struggles of the accounting system, you can easily establish separate checking accounts for each property.

Details for each meeting are easily found via Meet-up.com or searching for Fayetteville on BP. 

This means having employees or a service write them 5 star reviews, most people can easily figure this out so don't waste your money.

You can very easily access your equity as it gets paid down and enjoy the cash any time you want.

Yes my partner and I could pay you a referral fee if you find us tenants.We don't have a set amount as our places are nice enough that they typically rent fairly easily (but not always).He is a very large company with several employees so I assume he is pretty set but I don't know that for sure.

But pulling out equity will become more of an issue as I work my way up to the larger properties for which 20% down is not so easily saved in a year.

If you're starting out with no capital, you can generate lead lists for free quite easily.