Private money lenders can be a good source.

With some more info I can give you better information.I'm assuming your 1099 income is your sole source or at least majority source of income?

Those are great sources to use to find what you're looking for..

Dayton is a small town close to Chattanooga / Cleveland and I am looking for your advise /experience on the best agents that can assist with sourcing a tenant, collecting rent, repairs, management and etc.

I look at the source of the info the list brokers get their info from.

You will have difficulty finding a loan for repairs unless it's a private source.

Looking for additional sources of capital and am applying for personal and business lines of credit (real estate business).  

The BP Podcasts have been a major source of inspiration & learning for me.Over the last 4 years @Joshua Dorkin & @Brandon Turner have hosted 216 episodes where the amazing guests have shared a wealth of knowledge for all of us to learn from.I kept looking for ways to quickly find episodes which were related to a specific topic I was exploring so that I could have marathon learning sessions which were focused on that particular topic.The best I could find was this link, but it doesn't seem to have been update in a long time.So I put together an organized and categorized Google Sheet of the podcasts (The themes are based on the titles, I'll try to refine the themes as I listen to them). 

I don't know about your area but in Ca theres a law called the implied warrenty of habitability in short it says that in order for you to collect rent that the rental must have running water, the ability to produce hot water plumbing trash bins pest free, electrical service heat source and so forth.

My husband and I both have busy careers, and I'm looking for sources of passive income.