After 30 plus years as an real estate entrepreneur, investor, landlord, etc, my energies are now focused on apartment complexes/buildings, income producing multi-units and commercial property. 

I am ultimately looking to buy & hold some rental properties to produce an income stream when I am retired (and hopefully to help fund an early retirement).  

just call the title companies.. normally customer service is slanted to top producers.. but sometime new accounts can break through... remember the title companies pay salaries so they cant spend a ton of time on someone who closes one deal in 6 months.

Also in terms of financing an income producing property where I plan to use it as a primary residence, who do I want to borrow money from?

I would invest in Crowdfunding, Partnering providing funding and to add to your list, Tax Liens.I think these areas are less demanding of your time and they allow flexibility, as an investor.Learn, Apply, Produce!

One of the best tips I ever heard: spend as little time as possible on things that don't produce income.

There are some projects that may focus directly on income producing properties with historical and expected regular cash flows and if you make investment here, you'll start getting returning distributions with in month following the consummation of your deal.

Not only is it a giant leap forward as an actual virtual tour (including a super nifty "dollhouse"-style rendering of the entire property that can be manipulated and viewed), but the photos it produces as a side effect are excellent.

I was definitely going to use a Property Manager for this one, and even with an 8% PM, and 7% interest rate, and all the other things, it's still producing really nice cash flow.

@Langdon Root,I know - it's a 3-unit, so it finances like residential.You should still consider it's ability to produce income when doing your valuations.From that perspective, you may be able to force some equity.I didn't run the numbers, but at first glance, the operating expenses seem a bit high if the gross income is $1800 and the CADS is only $400.