If you do this at any volume, you are going to have some payment and eviction issues.

Also, some PMs will give you a discount if you bring a large volume portfolio.

More control of their dealsMerchant builders or those executing on a low-margin, high-volume business are more likely to be capital-constrained than "investors" who are paring down thousands of deals looking or the very best one. 

We also get reduced rates because of our volume.

If you are a managed Pro account (means doing A LOT of volume) you will get wayyyyy better pricing.

.• Property manager - All the services I listed, plus monthly statements and annual tax documents are included in the 8% management fee (most charge 10% but my clients get a discount due to the volume of properties I have with the property manager).

It seems like I need to either find a cheap property in a high rent area or combat the income deficiency with unit volume.

Volume, scale of economy, efficiency, managing fixed costs, and other prudent business executions will be the key to being successful in this game.

Anything less is doable but will be hit-or-miss until you can get a deal or two and re-invest in a bigger budget. 2K is a large volume but I can see your logic.

As you increase mail volume, it will eventually ring all the time.