This article, it talks about how he walked away from the house so I tracked him down to his parent's house and made an offer on his house.

All the hard struggles or decisions that had to be made and what really helped fast track you to getting into your first investment home.

If this is the first of many and you want to use this as a possible track record then the importance of going through the PPM process and having this easy one (using this term loosely) under your belt to be able to talk with outside investors(or even the friends and family people you do not know of your friends and family) they can talk about the job you did and have the beginnings of a track record.

If you have a team, portfolio and track record then you send them information on that but that’s about it.

I believe you're on the right track. 

I can only recommend to ask sponsors for their track records.

I know if I stay on track, focused, determined, I can buy 1 or 2 rental properties a year.

The money should be placed in separate accounts and tracked separately.

They trusted me and saw that I had a track record of rehabbing lots of houses for years(not my first deal or second deal or third deal).

We have a great book keeper that tracks all expenses and income; we have an amazing CPA that helps us with Cost Segregations; we have a very good banking relationship with our bank and I handle all the legal work and tenant issues if there is a need for evictions.