When I buy one of the deals for my own portfolio, or to rehab the house, I simply pay the agent a commission for finding me a deal (I'm a Broker and they're all licensed reps).

Lower Initial Costs : Buying a fixer-upper can be more affordable than starting from scratch.

I have been finding tenants thru Facebook marketplace, been lucky so far, but I’m plan to buy more properties and manage them myself, how do I find and screen them more professionally without paying anyone

Navid, for sure you should be looking into multifamily and buying out of state.

We are looking to buy SFR's with a lot of rooms and later on we would buy SRO's or create SRO's. 

Fuel for the day: I realized one thing I should be buying in bulk is coffee, I sure have enough.

You can use your extra $1000 per month x 120 months, so 120k, to buy more property.Whether you snowball you portfolio or you let it grow and then go through a partial liquidation to pay off the rest, both get you to free and clear in the end. 

In San Diego I'm renting 2 homes out, but I can't afford to buy another Investment here.

I'm on the west side of Elgin,IL and plan to make my first buy south or southwest of here.

She buys them distressed, renovates them, and then sells them herself for top dollar.