Here is what I noticed, it would be great if others would also weigh in here with their own observations:(in order from largest group to smallest group)1.

They are not the most trustworthy financially but her father sogned something stating he would cover rent if they had any problems and he has made good on this once so far.This place will be stunning once I'm done, I figure all I need are two families willing to spend bigger money to rent a beautiful place or one family willing to one day buy it for what I've got into it.I have LEARNED SOOOO MUCH HERE, and not only that I have been building an amazing network of laborers who help and teach me so so so much, it's been one of the largest learning experiences of my life!!

One worked out great (largest dollar amount we made on a deal), and one we lost money, almost to the dollar of the interest expense we paid to the lender.In my limited experience, there are some online crowd funded lenders. 

Equifax has a minimum of 1500 accounts you must report on monthly basis - leaving only the largest landlords to be able to do this.

I live in San Jose, CA and the largest dilemma I have now is whether I should start investing in real estate, then save up another deposit to buy my first home, or vice versa?

If I were going the direct route, I’d research the 20 largest developers in Michigan and approach them about an intern position.

If you are going with a beach property, get the largest house you can afford on the beach rather than 2 smaller off beach. 

Small house made a little nicer and you get good quality tenants all day and great resale potential to the starter home and downsizers, two of the largest buying population out there.  

What do you do to ensure that the tenant is responsible for security deposit disputes since that is the largest reason for owner lawsuits22.

However I’m shifting plans and am about to switch to a different market in order to try to scale my portfolio as the largest property I can buy where I’m located is a 4 unit and I’m ready to go bigger now.