If you are using an auction site, they will take a deposit via a credit card and then you will wire the rest of the fund per the instructions provided by the escrow company.

The tax assessor card for a property will tell you which division controls that property. 

My tenants like the fact that they can either pay via ACH or credit card.

Not sure how many units you have, I would even consider giving them a $25 gift card as our token of appreciation for this transition.Consider this: they qualify but move out because they don't want to pay for the screening. 

I thought I could include a gift card for a local eatery and a note that states that moving forward, unit A parks here, unit B parks here, so they can use their garage.

I'm not yet an adult, however my friends are adamant about going into the real estate business out of college and I have played the sceptic card for a while now.

At the end of the day I financed about 95% of the project ( this includes 35k in personal credit card debt).

A fast way to start business lines of credit for a start-up business is  through business credit cards. 

I saved along the way, paid off some credit cards and increased my credit score to get a good interest rate

@Kevin CespedesHere is a simple calculation.DTIGross Income $5000Car payment $500Credit Card $500Mortgage/RE Taxes $1000Insurance $100$5000/$2100 = 42% DTI