It's also crucial to have parking sufficient to the property.  

Almost any vehicle with a trailer hitch will be sufficient for most any other job I can think of.

This will help you get landlording experience while living in the property and get into the property with low money down depending on your area.If you bought a duplex (3-4 units have other implications like the self-sufficiency test to consider) and lived in one unit, you can put 3.5% down + necessary closing costs and reserves for rehab and other things that may come up. 

That should be sufficient, in my experience.

If I have the reporting agency direct bill to the applicant but also allow the applicant to use any other site they want as long as it provides me with the correct info, does that still fall under the $20 restriction or is that a sufficient workaround? 

While the LLC provides asset protection, you can also achieve similar protection results with an umbrella liability policy of sufficient size if the properties are in your personal name.  

You sounds a lot like a bright colleague of mine who just went full time in RE from being a gym teacher to now being self sufficient from his rental properties and RE sales. 

Sorry.The trickle down will depress real estate prices, I personally don’t believe the zero rates will be sufficient enough to help offset the significant financial market losses.

I need to ensure I have a sufficient DD period, once I make an offer, to cover my bases with some of these things in mind. 

Repairs in this situation can be far more substantial and I have worked with property owners that have been hit with expensive repairs or assessments that only thought they had sufficient reserves.