I found Zillow, Trulia to have the most hits with the best applicants. 

That's just a soft-stop limit so I don't get crushed one month because of 10 $200 jobs.

Better interest rate and stuff, too.This is zoned, was priced, sold, financed, advertised on MLS (meaning you wouldn't see it if you limited your search to multifam), etc, as a single family home (old pic from google street view, I blacked out the single street address)... we had to do some property specific stuff prior to the appraisal. 

I finally realized that just because my local market is to competitive it does not mean that I should only be limited to where I live! 

During screening of tenants, the applicants start claiming they have several service dogs.

I think it was probably a scam and you won't get an application back. 

My concerns are I am currently working on my credit (low 600 Fico), I have limited savings and the house is in need of renovations to bring it up to date.

For example, I had this tendency early on to be sympathetic with down-on-their-luck applicants.

You will split your asset in different LLC, limiting the amount at risk in each entitity, creating a better asset protection structure.

The tax bill that passed this year limits home mortgage deductibility will have a negative effect for states like NY and CA with high real estate prices, and high real estate taxes.