My wife and I are fortunate enough to have two W2 jobs making ~$150k / yr each.

Does anyone have suggestions on best practices so that it is a win/win?

Even though I kept my day job, it was not passive at all.

Is there a good software that you would suggest to allow applicants to go and apply for an apartment? 

John Bucci did a good job of explaining what the product is. 

Specifically, there's job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide, etc) and the population is growing (unlike Cleveland or Cincy).

Thank you for all your suggestions - I have learned a lot from this forum and all the advice has been invaluable in me having the confidence to remotely buy and self manage my properties thus far.

I didn’t come here to get ridiculed for making some mistakes like a few of these other posts suggest.

Here's my 2 suggestions: Visit your local REI groups.

Love it, nice job!