My name is Geoffrey and I just signed up as BP Pro members couple weeks ago because I really want to know more about real estate investing.

On a Non-QM loan, you can finance the property in the name of the LLC but must sign a personal guarantee.

Tenants are given a bank account number at a local bank (I have one account per building, exact rent amounts are unique within each property to avoid confusion with deposits), and as a condition in my lease (which they signed), they are REQUIRED to make payments to that account. 

Not just from your buyer side of the transaction.If you're only doing one transaction, it's probably not worth getting an EIN.You can have the check made out directly to your name, you just have to remember to deal with it during tax time.If you plan on doing more of these and other transactions, then it might be worth getting into a DBA and/or EIN.I go through this all the time when I sign up with vendors to do BPOs.

Can I sign a regular tenant lease with them, or do I need a roommate specific type of lease?

I was a senior in college studying business management, evaluating my personal financial situation, and determined to be a wise steward of my first paycheck after I graduated, knowing I’d be climbing my way out of about $20,000 of student debt and several grand in auto loans.WhIle searchIng for somethIng productIve to lIsten to on a jog I found the bIggerpockets podcast.Ive learned more from BP than I ever dId In college.Despite math, my wife and I made the personal choice that we’d pay off our student and car loans before we got started.Fast forward three years later we paid everything off and saved $20,000.

How would you determine ARV?

how do I determine which market to begin my real estate investing strategy - seeking small multi family units with positive cash flow of $100/unit of more

What type of investment to do is a very personal decisionYou need to determine for yourself what you goal isDo you want cash flow?

Parental co-signing is possible but not probable.Has anyone been in a similar position?