You can also set up Keyword alerts" for phrases like tax liens. 

If you want to manage it yourself, get a merchant account set up so you can take credit cards and plan on spending the $800/yr on HomeAway or VRBO to be included in searches.

or is the 3.5% set in stone

Best advice is set a budget for 6 months and run the campaign for the time..

I've been called that from about 6yo.My personal preference is to start small but not knowing to much about the game here is limiting my view on how far I can make the 200k go without being able to borrow funds (and which market I ultimately choose to invest)I have completed a 2 page business sketch stating that I'm happy with 2-3 projects in the first year as I'm not putting a ton of pressure on myself time wise.

You may not need to complete all the repairs/rehab up front, but, but planned for within a set time frame. 

I do have a meeting set up with a different bank later this week, as after reading some on here I do not think the first bank I selected is necessarily the best fit for what I intend to do long term.  

@Dakoda SpencerIf you start doing lease options, lease purchase, etc that has its own set of legal issues.

If you set up keywords for the areas you are interested in, as well as the topics you are interested in, you'll be notified of new posts.

Our 2 current rentals are under our own name, but we are planning on setting up an LLC on Legal Zoom and would like to transfer the 2 existing properties to the LLC.