I see it as growing organically as we are willing and able to take on more.I guess I'm really looking for financing advice on how to start without limiting ourselves to one property for several years.Things that come to mind are taking on a couple of outside investors (family), promising them X as a return rate, and once that is returned, they no longer own a piece of the property.Another would be to split the house with outside investors and let them remain investors in that specific property for perpetuity. 

Your inspector will be your eyes & ears on the ground.

I can't imagine they were expecting and eviction after having just sold a piece of property.

. $7,000,-Phase 2: Roofing/Exterior Windows and doors. [5 days] Close up external side door between living room and kitchen, patch siding, patch wallReplace windows, replace front entry door, power wash house/deckRestoration of vinyl siding which includes power washing and replace any missing pieces of siding.

 Another piece of advice.

Learn and get a piece of the action.Yes, you can learn and start small (long path but common way) or look for out of box ways w/ingenuity, passion and some work to accelerate your way there w/o capital.  

I was crafty enough to get the PMC to email me the leases and certain bits and pieces but they have withheld quite a lot of paperwork and some money since the 'divorce'.  

Naturally someone with a lot of money but not a lot of time will want a piece of that return, so they contact me and we work out a private lender deal.

Scott Weaner - we are charging late fees, but they only pay a piece of the late fee each month.When I first got into this I thought "Heck, they can pay late every month and I'll just enjoy the extra cash flow on late fees", but reality hit me the day I took over that property that this was a bad road to go down...But, yes, once the cash is in hand it is some consolation.

Keep in mind that direct mail tends to work best when you send a campaign of 5-7 different pieces (postcards, yellow letters, typed letters, zip letters, etc.), 4 weeks apart from each other.