What's the value add or benefit to them?

Currently, I've just learned of bigger pockets and listen to a podcast a day during my workout and will be looking into other benefits of the site.

Would it benefit me at all to get any other accounts to show that I have many that I am paying on time? 

Upside is benefits from appreciation over the years.

What is the point of having a buying agent when you can find houses yourself on sites like redfin or Trulia? I keep hearing that they can get deals straight from the MLS but don't all listing on the MLS get posted on ...

I don't know the building code in your market, but whenever I run into smaller MFR's, especially duplexes, that have only 1 meter I wonder if it was converted from an SFR at some point, how well that conversion was done, and if that conversion was legal with the city.

The state laws/codes will dictate.

Now you have the benefit for you and your IRA your were looking for, just on 2 deals that spreads your risk.

Typically your monthly lease payments with solar are less than the electricity bill would be without solar, so it’s a selling point and benefit for your renters (who doesn’t like reduced utility bills)?

And it is the case that the rule of law and foreign exchange benefits can often make foreign investment in mega-cities attractive.