You'll keep chasing.

one can find deals in the west or NW part of town but this area scares me off as I don't want to chase down rent checks.2.

We are locking in good debt and chasing deals where we can get optimal financing. 

I'll just cut to the chase- this is not a good idea. 

Tons of options on WordPress or templated website builders out there for the DIYers or maybe you just invest the $1k you would have wasted chasing ever-rising FB ads over the next couple years and have a developer build it for you.

The goddamn banks these day are so set up to not talk to you, I tried valiantly to get through by phone today to the people who deal with this at Chase & BOA, but the phones are set up that if you are not a current customer they hang up.  

There are a significant number of investors chasing less deals

Understanding how property management works is great, but I don't think you went to school only to be fixing toilets and chasing people to pay rent as a PM.The job you work out of college does not have to be your job for the next 20 years. 

I am sure there are a million better ways to do this, but I use the Chase Sapphire Preferred card for purchases.

In my opinion, it almost felt like we had to chase and coax ABC Baltimore to get the money owed to us from the rental guarantee.