If i own a complex with multiple duplexes and have a seperate schedule e for each property listing income and expenses,  where would i report the expenses that cover all the properties?

If you made a profit ask them to release a portion to you to cover your income taxes.  

Agreed,Lot's of deals to be found in Ohio.Tougher nowadays but still enough to stay busy.Just to answer the OP's initial question also.Loosing on a deal in the first few years is risky business.When I first started investing in 2010 and back home in Australia, I built a large portfolio and fairly quickly.Lot's of debt...Monthly mortgages where costing me more than I was generating in income.It was a slow bleed so I decided to liquidate and move to cashflow friendly markets in the US (Specifically Ohio).In hindsight, those same properties if owned today would have made me millions in capital gain profits.So if you are looking for an appreciation play, make sure to have enough income from your W2 or other means to withstand the slow monthly bleed until the properties appreciate so much that you end up being in the green even tho you bled monthly.Again, very risky business IMO.Much success

If the home has tons of saves and attention in coming soon, I'm guessing it had a bidding war/best offer scenario, I usually pull up cma or offer my advice for clients what a strong offer would be.

The owner of the rental can be the host or they can outsource someone else to host for a fee or percentage of the income. 

Keeping a good tenant is important - vacancy is one of the highest expenses for an income property.I would approach this by checking area rents and then raising the rent to just below or to match the comparable rents.

We wanted to have passive income from rental properties.

What's the income on the ground lease and is it nnn?  

Focus on cash flow: Make sure the rental income from your properties covers all your expenses, including mortgage payments.

My Annual income gross is 62 k