You could give a housewarming gifts of sliders to put under their furniture in hopes of stopping the evidence we see of dragging furniture around.

BUT you had to have the third floor.Now you get the easiest of the two finished as soon as late rent lady is gone.

Easiest way to steer clear of over educating before you make a move (which is quite common) is to pick a strategy (read about the most common ones here) and then find out what you need to know for the first step and then do it.

Gifts" and unsecured loans cannot be used as a source of down payment and closing costs.

Which is one way to do it and possibly the easiest really.  

@Eric TeleseThe easiest place to get an idea of rents is rentometer.com, but it can have some inaccuracies.

I would like to start off wholesaling since i've read its the easiest way to get started.what would you recommend?

There are some strategies for using other people's money, but the easiest route is to have some money.  

Only at it a month.My plan forward is to call a few PM companies as a prospective tenant and the one that is the most attentive, and has the easiest systems will be my new management company.Thank all of you for your replies!

I do like the idea of her mother using gift equity for our down payment on the new home loan, if i understand that correctly.