That makes evictions harder and more costly.What most landlords do is get something called a "joint and several liability clause" inserted into their rental contract.

You can leverage your Individual or Joint Taxable account to borrow cash at a low interest rate, and utilize it for a down payment on another rental property.

After I make the investment, I have no control and no responsibilities - all I do is wait for the ACH's to come in. 

Do I need to notarize my joint venture agreement?

If you do wait two years before selling, up to 250k of appreciation are excluded (500k if filing jointly).

If I'm added to the title together with my parents as joint owners, does the 6-month waiting period for cash-out refis still apply if all three of our names will be on the new mortgage??

Just make sure to shim it flush with the existing, and if you can get a scarf joint in there, it  will look and hold better. 

It has a tenant facing web portal, collects and deposits my rent in 1 day via ACH for no extra charge, offers debit / credit card payments as well for a service fee to the tenant, and SOOO much more.

We have been using Rentredi for payment and sometimes cash or ACH.

ACH is freeTakes about 5-7 days for the funds to hit your bank accountExcelI use an excel spreadsheet to track my check register.