Under the same condition you hire a RE lawyer and innocent or guilty your going to have a crying wife, a ruined year, and even possible health problems from the degree of injustice felt, plus the degree of insult from being a victim of this carefully engineered theft. 

@David LiMeetups or REIA (Real Estate Investment Associations) meetings are a great way to network and learn.  

In essence there is usually a fee associated with it and that fee is paid by the tenant if the tenant caused the issue.  

Which big players do you want to associate with, realtors who sell millions of dollars of homes?

Several risks / trends that are associated with this:1) State pension (budget) crises.

Also, we are looking to do cash deals going forward so we can decrease the fees associated with doing two loans on each house, any suggestions on where to get a non-secured LOC or maybe a LOC based on a multiple of liquid assets? 

Or if the interest was received from a corporation, partnership, trust, estate, association, or company, then the lender would not be required to issue a 1098. 

Your state LL Association will have them too.

If I were you I would take the National Apartment Associations CAM (certified apartment manager.)

I want to give her all the costs associated with updating it and selling it in a retail environment with a Realtor.