Over 90% of large multifamily purchases are made through syndication.The parties at the forefront of a syndication deal include the sponsor (also referred to as the general partner, operator, or syndicator), the limited partners (or passive investors) and the property management team.

Not sure where in Kansas you are operating, but I wholesale in the KC area and have a lawyer contact who may be beneficial for you.

From our experience if it was not a property deficiency or operational failure caused by the property or outside source (neighbor or rando)- the tenant is liable for the charges- property management or vendors sent to resolve the issue may troubleshoot the issue to help the tenant avoid these no work done maintenance charges.

Companies that have property management, construction, and investor focused agents will go look at all kinds of properties because they can get the commission, property management business, and construction/Rehab business.Random agents on the internet usually don’t have specify investors knowledge, and very few have the back end operation set up to do it all.

I've seen some operators that allow 1031 money into their syndications. 

Most have standard terms of how they operate.

For the vast majority 1 LLC and 1 checking (operating account for income and expenses) and 1 savings account (for security deposits and prepaid rent) and then as @Nathan G. says over here you might find a 3 account useful:  Do you have one bank account for all of your LLC?

Blink is an Amazon company and they have wireless, battery operated cameras with motion detection at a very high quality and relatively low cost. 

We have been running a successful airbnb operation ever since!

Steve lives and operates in Colorado.