There are strong macro factors to include migration, job increase, and quality of life that will be bringing people into the area for years to come.

If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.

As for the persons you said you would send an application, you may have to just be honest and let them know that since they have pets, you are not going to send an application because you have decided not to permit pets.

Partnership B will be 10% Person A, 10% Person B, 80% Partnership A.

However, as you stated, Memphis can vary significantly by street, so I recommend visiting the area personally and observe the specific streets and surroundings, or doing a zoom call with a trusted realtor who has physically been there. 

- Tenant application and screening reports, background check, etc- Unit walkthroughs- Inspection by quality inspectorFew questions I have are, whats your thoughts on:  1) Rent estoppal letters from tenents? 

It also cracks me up that Flint is on this list but not Detroit.Maybe they're filtering purely by numbers with no regard to the quality of the city/area?

Relieves the landlord from liability for property damage or personal injuries caused by the landlord's negligent acts or omissions.To put it simply, if the landlord causes damage or injury to a tenant then the landlord will be responsible for it.

We just want to move out of this house to a new home, then spritz this one up a bit to get the most outta the sale.Is there anywhere one can find a private personal lender?

DSCR LoansThis is a perfect 30 year fixed loan designed for Real estate Investors that have trouble showing personal income or are capped at the number of conventional loans they can have.