@Phil Clark my Team does meetups regularly in and around that area!

Now what you don't want to do is refi and then use that money for something that doesn't produce money (like a new addition on your primary) because now it's just a loan that's bleeding your bank account every month. 

For agents, go to Trulia, Zillow, redfin,  and look for top producers. 

If you are seeking regular commercial bank loans or portfolio loans, they will not care about the number of financed properties.

I will be in contact as well for regular us-citizen investments, here in TX.

Not sure what the rents are like around there/what range of people are looking for regular long term rentals in that area.   

I don't think you can just distribute loan proceeds via a K-1 so I have not figured out how to make this work.Another radically different plan is I could easily construct an equity portfolio using REITs that would produce the same or better ROE with less hassle.

So my wife and I have wondered, a) should we try and buy the most expensive house we can (that's still an asset producer) with the lease money down, so that we can later sale those for the most cash and use that money to buy more rentals.  

Searching the forums, I see old mentions of an REIA in Lynchburg - is that group still meeting on a regular basis?

We only ask for the first 1 or 2 pages of their past three months of bank statements and we ask to see copies of their checks or some type of verifiable transaction where they paid their rent on-time for the past 3 months.Renters can some big liars and they know how to produce fake copies of receipts and say they either lived with someone else, or they paid their rent with cash.