Fortunately our place is the first house on the left as you turn onto this side street, but that still means they will have to drive at least 200 ft .

. :-) but then you'll have people driving on your property 2-3 times a day.

It seems that I am spend so much time with people I would not accept because they will drive me nuts! 

But if she is borrowing from her 401k, she probably understands it is not sustainable to keep paying 3 weeks late.

Their website, communication, and online portals are usually garbage, and when I have 40 documents to submit each closing, it drives me up a wall to send 100 emails back and forth.

Your best bet is perhaps driving for dollars.

It forces you to work "on your business" instead of "in your business" because you aren't able to just drive by to fix something small, you're forced to develop systems to help you run things. 

Once you buy one, you'll probably buy more.Some suggestions:1) Us Quickbooks and set up Classes for each property and subclasses for each unit. 2) Scan EVERYTHING to either Google Drive or Dropbox. 3) Create a consistent folder-tree convention, example:   Main_123 (property address with street name first)   -General Property Info   --Insurance   --Property Taxes   --Title Docs   --LLC DOcs   --Purchase Docs   --Loan Docs-Utilities-Maintenance-Leases   --Folder (LastName_FirstInitial)-Advertising-Rental License-InspectionsAppliances & Mechanicals (pics, model tags, warranties, etc)4) Create list of consistent naming conventions for files so you don't have to open themExample: yyyy-mm-dd Main_123 Water Bill mm-dd to mm-dd $xx.xx               Lease Main_W_123_#unit (LastName_1stInitial) $RentAmount EXP yyyy-mm-dd5) Create a great lease by reviewing several from online, then have attorney review for compliance with state & local laws.

Any thoughts / assistance here would be welcome too.We’ve been very thankful that the BiggerPockets community is one that is such a helpful one in teaching people to be able to take charge of their lives and approach real estate investing as an actual opportunity for anyone with the drive to go and get it.Thanks,Chris

We had a car drive through the side and we need to get the scope repaired with the insurance claim.