However, I'd like to keep my "rent payment" to myself relatively low.

It will give you a bunch of relative names.

We manage everything on the back end including reporting, accounting, investor relations, etc.

You my dude happen to live in Kansas City so you've got a leg up on the west coasters.You can simply invest in your own town with relative ease & low cost.

@Jay Hinrichs  I have a few rentals already leveraged at a modest ~60% LTV, and my W2 is with the military and due to living frugaly I am able to save ~3k/month from the military income alone and have more than enough cash reserves so I am not worried in the least about being overstretched and unable to pay the loan.Even if you are able to buy a property at a discount, a 25% downpayment is still relatively expensive so the ability to avoid that problem would be nice. 

You agree to waive the right to bring a counterclaim or set-off in any action or proceeding by us against you on any matter directly or indirectly related to this Agreement or the Premises.Obviously, check with your own local attorney and/or L/T laws in your own jurisdiction.

I'm here in the KC market as well; investing, brokering deals, lots of investor relations & such. 

I put down 20% plus closing costs on all of them.I don't know all of Brandon's deals but I believe he got some hard-money loans, borrowed money from relatives, and at least one of them involved a credit card (which he doesn't recommend).You can read "Investing In Real Estate With No (And Low) Money Down" to get an idea of some differents strategies or you can scour the blogs and forums and collect the information for free.

Can you guys recommend your favorite book whether it be directly related to real estate investing or not, and it what way it has helped you!

This morning I received photos of pittbull poop on the hallway in front of the second floor apartment which I swiftly forwarded to the mother.I do not want this tenant at all as I can totally relate to what the third floor tenant has expressed in some of her text messages with former owner.