This is a great place to learn and to connect with people so take advantage of all the great resources.

1/ A lot of people are funding deals using hypothecations.2/ More people doing npn's in NY than I expected.3/ There are opportunities to table fund seller finance deals.4/ I suck at ax throwing.

One of my problems is that when I rent it the people move there furniture and stuff in and the property ends up looking worse because of the furniture and clutter.

That translates to a NET LOSS for your 8 unit property, just because 2 people couldn't pay, or the unit sat empty, etc.  

They grew fast, and like people mentioned clients became a number.

I love helping people and truly do enjoy my job, but I am already at a young age topped out for compensation and in this field with insurance reimbursement structure the way it is, I am likely to not move up much at all in the future unfortunately.I have always loved personal finance and after accruing ungodly amounts of student loans and navigating paying them off all while efficiently investing in the stock market as well as now real estate I have not only realized how strong my interests are in this area but also my personal skills align in financial planning and personal finance.

Does anyone know if it's possible to clear your rental history and hid how many people have viewed/contacted/filled out applications on Zillow? 

The facebook communities are great for finding people experienced in your local market . in the search bar would just search the words real estate and your city/state 

You need to enable payments online, the default setting is that people can check into your property without having to pay. 

Good people and good company.