@Jason Coleman please don’t rely on the “advice” given on the Internet by strangers.

BP is maybe the greatest free resource to help you get started in Real Estate Investment there is on the internet.

I am an IT guy and fairly skilled when it comes to creating a solution through the internet and I was thinking to create a website where possible tenants can fill out an application online that way I can choose the best tenant but I don't know what questions I am legally inclined to ask when it comes to that application. can I ask where they work or how much they make which from my point of view it is critical? 

One tenant continued to make her deposit directly at my bank simply because she did not have internet at the time. 

You can find some templates you can use on the internet, print them, and then go to the house and do the eye test with the template.  

Don’t tell the internet you have money. 2.

Undoubtedly everything can be found for free on the internet, books, and what have you.

I have since been on a tear of absorbing as much information as I possibly can through books, podcasts and the internet.

If they can't pay their internet bill for example, what are the chances they will pay their rent?

In some states that means a deed of trust and note or mortgage.Just saying that I am a French Model on the internet does not make it so.Your lenders would NOT be able to foreclose on you with a promissory note.