You have now started a BUSINESS and the business needs to follow a clear, planned, managed method of operation.  

Which means: How will properties that generate less than 1%/m gross return attain positive cash flow, when their expenses include around 50% of that revenue, plus the principal and interest repayments on 70%+ of their value?

@Anthony Antonacci Zillow and Facebook Marketplace are my best lead generators for prospective tenants.

You can use that money on another deal and generate more cashflow 

The process takes 60 to 90 days at the minimum if the Trustee and owner are co-operative and no one objects.

I am in the Lansing market and I WISH our local REIA operated on the level that Detroit's clubs do.

You need to find a few of them, establish relationships, and watch what they buy and how they operate these properties.

I am very against the 1031 for investors moving toward syndications and not being the day to day operator.

However, generating leads is not my only main priority while getting started.

@Marysue Connelly, without treading too far down the tax advice path I'll just say that there are a few gajillion disregarded LLC entities operating in the United States right now.