The main thing is we take lots and lots of pictures to share which we use for an initial Rehab estimate.  

Thought I would just answer Question 2 in orderThings that you might want to share include: your real name: Cheverson Juntura, your background in real estate: None, where you're from: Topsham, Maine, what you do: I want to Buy my 1st investment property to start my financial freedom, what your goals are in real estate: own about 30 to 40 units, and how you came to join BiggerPockets: I have been an avid listener to BiggerPockets since 2013 I have been in information paralysis now I just want to jump in and not wait any longer. 

The building has a basement apartment and 2 apartments on the main level that have a 2nd floor to them.

Mainly came here to work on personal finance and fixing my credit AND then, let's get to investing.

and it’s 2 houses, 1 main and 1 rental / grandmother suite in the back.  

This won't be my main strategy, I have a marketing budget I am utilizing but I am thinking about doing this as well, like you said, only to distressed properties that are listed.

I have a lot of rental units just outside the boundaries of the NIZ, but that doesn’t mean they translate into attracting the same type of tenants JB gets downtown.

1 Main LLC to purchase the asset.Then there’s A & B shares.Each investor uses their own LLC to invest so ultimately it’s multip LLCs.Hopefully that helps.Dino

I mainly use Lowes & Home Depot as well, but if I see deals at others places, I'm not afraid to save some money.  

Love it mainly because they have an amazing app for tenants (which actually seems a bit more complete than the landlord app so far) that even has features for tenants to use with roommates.