I get the general concept but I couldn't find great information online about how it worked in my area.

Have you thought about looking  at an online Brokerage in your state who only charges a fee per transaction closed? 

Looks like the city council has a meeting scheduled for Thursday on the topic which you can usually watch online here (http://cityofslt.us/index.aspx?

Self-employed individuals pay their taxes each quarter.

I sent the below response this morning and will end all go forward communication with this individual.  

BP is a great place gain knowledge and bounce ideas off of other like minded individuals.

My last PM was an individual who deposited rents a couple times a month but he left the field. 

Now, what you can do is provide a quality property to a low income individual and fix problems as they present themselves; that would be doing a huge service to them and to society.

I've started looking for deals alone mainly online through Zillow & Realtor and also have drove around looking at properties - haven't found anything yet but its been good practice so far trying to analyze deals!

The tenant dug up everything she could find about me online and attempted to show I was behaving illegally.