I realize there would be many variations and ways to go, but just off the top of your head, how many properties would you put money down on if you were in my financial shoes?

I just keep all receipts in a shoe box, and my wife threw out the shoe box3.

So far we've found two dead cats, hundreds of shoes, and tons and tons of bed sheets. 

Put yourself in your potential investors' shoes. 

If it were me in your shoes, I would let them pay rent if they did it in the next few days.

Keep in mind that he may not agree to your lease addenda and doesn't want to sign (also, if you already have a valid lease in effect you may not be able to force him to sign it) If I were in your shoes, I would send him a letter (include the lease addenda you want him to sign) stating that you have tried to contact him several times (list dates) regarding important lease paperwork and that you expect him to contact you within 24 hours of receiving the letter or to sign the paperwork and return it to you.

Or if you have one operating checking account for all your properties, then have one security deposit checking account.I haven't researched your state (PA) in depth, @Richard Fields, but if it is the case that the tenant is entitled to any interest earned on their money, and no interest is earned because it was held in a checking account, then that would eliminate a headache of figuring out whose pennies belong to whom when it comes time to return the security deposit.It's probably the case that you'd thereby also be forfeiting the 1% administrative fee mentioned too, but again in my mind it wouldn't be worth the hassle - life is complicated enough without generating tasks for the sake of literally a few bucks.So in your shoes I'd probably put all the security deposits for that property in a secondary checking account and just use Excel or whatever bookkeeping method you normally use, to keep track of them.But I'm not an attorney and am not giving you legal advice.

I was in your shoes about twelve years ago.

Who amongst us gets thought life without deep and hard challenges, ups and downs and challenges.While I have not been in your shoes, I have my own history.I would reach out to the creditors, explain the situation and see what you can work out. if they are unsecured they really cant do much.

What loan would a professional use if they were in my shoes?