Years from now marketing is going to be a whole new animal and we really can't picture at this moment in time what will be the best way to market this in 4 years - there could be several new technologies that make craigslist outdated  - the key is that if you buy something that can be easily rented to a college student - then you have an exit strategy  if you decide that you don't want to keep the place - it should  be easy to sell to another investor or if the market i down at the time - you can keep renting it for income. 

Technology: 553.

My difficulty is being able to qualify for a loan, more specifically what the lenders will be looking for, and finding a partner that's willing to put their money on the line.

Later this year, I'll be changing career once again and my W2 will be ~350k$, so I definitely plan with sticking to this, I like technology and I like to spend all my day working in time consuming jobs until I will be financial independent and able to scale down, hence I was looking for a more passive opportunity that would allow me to diversify from the risks of the stock market.

Currently renovating a row house in Camden City, New Jersey and have had difficulty in locating a carting service...I had secured a 20 yd. roll-off through a "national" network, got killed with the overage...aside from this cannot leave the roll-off in the street without accumulating much of the neighborhood's trash.

Once you've negotiated your rate down, you can proceed with the lender with whom you felt most comfortable.On the topic of the category of "online lenders", the vast majority are websites backed by call centers with lower overhead and commission structures, not technology companies.

Sometimes word of mouth is very powerful and this day and age with the technology we have it makes word of mouth even more powerful.  

I am having difficulty finding anything in Washington DC in good neighborhoods that meets the 1% test (monthly rent should be at least 1% of sales price).

I have a dream to supply fresh water in areas of the world that don't have it because we have the technology!

I sell real estate so you think I'd be happy about this because I can turn renters into home owners, but most people have difficulty coming up with 20% down.