It seems like all of the real estate coaches/mentors/gurus focus on wholesaling or fix and flip.

My main reason being that I don't want to switch careers to Real Estate, I just want to use property as passive income.

I think the reason for this is because I don't know how to find properties the correct way.

Their reasoning is that they're doing a hard push toward raising the quality of the city in that particular area as that area is considered a bit more challenging.

Strategies should evolve for a number of reasons, not just because of your own evolution in RE investing.  

I think half a month's rent would be reasonable.

The reason I look these two places because they are good locations/good school where rental demands are high. 

For some reason I only got "Certificate of Formation" when created the LLC.The website is only offering ordering it over mail ... do you know if there is an option to got it emailed or downloaded?

First l advertise cross streets a block away never exact address, second if someone call I will pre-screen them over the phone; does the price work for your budget, what do you do for a living, can you provide paystubs, can you pass a background check etc. then because I use lockbox most times I never give the code until first they send me a picture of their drivers license and second they are at the house with the lockbox in there hands to prevent them from even writing it down.Also they must call me back as soon as they are done looking before they leave the property for security reasons, make sure the keys are back in the box and combination is shuffled and of course to tell me what think about the place.

Typically there's a reason why people paint floors.