Our renter paid this loan off in full for us over an 18 year rental period.

I was thinking along the lines of just a few slides of a slide deck showing the property and the potential.

Would be interesting to hear experiences others have had..The expectation for rent being used to help build credit has slowly grown over the years.

It is also nice to have competition and a back up plan with trades. 

Go yourself, at least for the initial purchase, any renovations, and furnishing, etc. and set-up.

The other option would be going to local investor meetups and asking those who attend for good references. 

@Marjorie Patton get loans and credit cards under your business that don't show up on personal credit.

If you are buying in the bay area, you need to be comfortable with the property only appreciating unless you are open to putting down 50-70% down on the property. 

You can outfit as a full unit and still have two separate tenants per say but a master lease would provide the most protection to you when fielding applicants use MA housing court data base to run applicants through to see if they have any prior housing court claims

I feel like just about every month, I see RE investors with 1-2 year's experience starting a new fund and advertising on Facebook for LP's, as well as the daily "JV deals" that straight-up violate securities laws.