I've had owners try to steal tenants right after we placed them so I understand their apprehension. 

Most states as a private lender you do not need to get a license as you are not lending to owner occupied homes (that is the key never lend to owner occupied).The  reality is as a HML the return you get compared to investing passively in a private lending fund is not going to be very different.

If you can do this move in and rent out part strategy a few times, even up to 4 plexus that can be owner occupied, you will be out of the rat race faster and with fewer transactions than if you save up to buy one non-owner-occupied NOO SFR and then another and then another. 

The plan is to owner occupy a unit and rent the other unit.

As long as you are priding the property owner's name and mailing address, skip tracing companies will be able to cross reference the address with the name.

It's typically a double skip process, first to skip trace the registered owner/manager/agent of the LLC or trustee of the trust.

Typically architect-designed, but also some design-build.To date though, always owner financed. 

Lending to a flipper is much riskier and carries a much higher risk premium than owner-occupied loans, which currently carry a National Average according to unbiased publication Mortgage News Daily, of 7.13%.

I only charged 1/2 of the rent for a security deposit and waived the pet fee.  

@John Morgan I use the AAOA (American Apartment Owners Association) screening now and it is very good.