I found a 3-family (currently rented, $2700 a month income) in a college town.

She then wrote us an email basically begging to be let out, stating that she already found other housing and put down the security deposit, etc. 

I just found out that our maintenance guy who we've had handle most common requests on our commercial properties is retiring and I've been searching to find a replacement.

All of these can be found on Trulia.There's so much more that you will learn over time, but just getting involved with someone and doing it yourself will be your best teacher.

There are rental properties to be found but it will be difficult to find anything listed that has good value. 

However, when I talked to my lender, I found out that trying to put the entire thing in an LLC would throw a huge wrench in my plans and the banks wouldn't offer me the same type of loan or down payment.

"I've found another agent who is a better fit for my needs."

The can also assess the rental rate and vacancy rate of the area (after you find a property)  If you are waiting for an agent to bring you properties, when they have other clients they are working with and other agents can easily see these listings too, they wont be the good deals.Good deals are found by networking, driving around, scouring the notice of default and foreclosure listings, etc.   

I then saved enough money and found a realtor who helped me find landlords who would let me Airbnb.

I spoke to the Brother of the wife ("B"), and discussed the possible situations- Unfortunately after working on the property details and researching the title for the property, I found out that the title belongs to both of them.