He was a professional poker player, but now creates poker training video which he makes income from.

I plan on going back over Reeds article and try and apply as much black and white logic as I can to my business plan and requirements then make an educated decision to the best of my ability knowing that can change based on my business model or say five year plan.

Rent collection online seems like a decent idea (read the article on BP) but am not sure if that would train my employees (tenants) in the way I would want.

That is the sort of thing that brings these lowlifes LOTS of trouble and can be ongoing for them even after they move along.

I'm not the one to say how exactly to do it as my attorney has done it for us and handles the ongoing, related issues.

She just made a little too much to qualify, and had an ongoing problem.

It is NOT based on going in with a bunch of deferred maintenance to the property.You might look at less of a percentage in maintenance costs with showing bumped up cash flow by the seller.Do not be deceived by this as the seller has let things go and patched things to increase cash.The problem is then fixing to be dumped into your lap.7% vacancy is very,very light.Have you looked at the sellers Schedule E tax returns??

There was an investor here in Memphis who posted Youtube videos training others that this exact thing was the best way to rent vet renters including posting min. income requirements.

The painters, plumbers and electricians are harder to train because they've been spoiled.

What you need is experience and training.