@Louis Hamric if you're trying to approach someone you've never seen in person, you could try the following techniques in this BiggerPockets article on driving for dollars https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/2013-05-03-driving-for-dollars-bible-part-1 .

Most people don't want to be burdened with complicated technology on their vacation which is why emails has seemed to work so well I think (for my properties at least).But to answer your technology question, there are a lot of options you can use to 'feed' to your tablet. 

Is there a technique they may be using to evaluate a foreclosure auction property prior to an auction?

Furthermore, you might have an option to employ a technique called "self-insurance". 

I think the main difference is you can start small and scale most business you would start take more capital and could be a tad more complicated than buy house rent house. 

I doubt that this would create additional legal complications, but I cannot have a valid opinion on legal matters, not being an attorney.

Expectations get very complicated in Partnerships and the value add of having partners gets watered down with that many people. that being said, I would wait for partnership stuff until you have a house.

How complicated is the evicting process?

Luckily being in Boulder I’m sure you’re surrounded by qualified CPA’s and if that’s the only “complicated” part of your taxes I’m sure most could help. 

The whole issue of "does gross income include cleaner fees" is further complicated by the fact that from a TAX perspective, it absolutely is income.