I am a Partner at Southern Impression Homes, our focus is build to rent.We provide new construction rentals and PM (single family, duplexes and Quads) for investors.

Go to every REIA meeting you can find, where there are reaal estate investors. 

Partners are difficult to find as well because most people at networking events are either have no experience, looking to remain more passive or way too experienced and have their own dream time.

Did you find it useful?

I think its best to try and find a local bank or credit union to finance this. 

Basically, you should treat an MTR lease just like a LTR lease, with some small adjustments because you are providing utilities and furniture.Another side of your question ("anything important I should include when contracting with business?") 

I'm seeing listings for $500k - $650k all over Providence (outside of College Hill) for properties with 2 units.

Will this affect my chances of finding lenders?

@Matthew Samson I'll jump on the one CPA bandwagon and provide some additional context to hopefully add some more value to your process.

As housing providers, it's the Fair Housing laws that are most significant.