The area is nice and is in within walking distance to a commuter train to Chicago.

It’s no secret that focusing on one specific goal whether that be multifamily investing or training to win a gold medal in the 400M will deliver results.While I have successfully acquired several smaller multifamily properties and used the BRRRR strategy in my hometown of Milwaukee, WI, I wanted to scale to a 40+ unit property via a syndication.

What should I be looking for (i.e. ability for tenants to pay online, online maintenance requests, how soon are rents paid to owners, etc...)?

@Riley Burke I have an online VA Home Loans course for free.

But, I also purchased an education package from Robert Kiyosaki's training program.

Something like 65,000 apartments have come online since 2012 in DFW area and 24000 more under way and probably that many more in the planning stages.  

Live in Brazil and Thailand for several months to train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Thai kickboxing- Learn how to invest and make money consistently so that I can partner with friends and family to help them build wealth as wellI found out about the biggerpockets community through their podcasts and the AudiboBook on Rental Property Investing. 

We cannot accept the payment online (changing bank accounts) and they do not have checks. 5.

I'm probably overthinking this but I'm trained as an engineer so there is precedent for this kind of behavior.I've read a bunch of descriptions of private money lending and I want to make sure I understand the details of the jargon used in these descriptions.

Most of them have their pdf brochures online you can pull up, zoom in..lol.., and read.