I have had a couple applicants with Low credit scores offer advanced rent 6-12 months based on proceeds from sale of a house.

There are other players in the game to compare with like Kenny Bedwell at STR Insights or Bill Faeth's coaching.

If you have every played monopoly you understand what is happening in the US: towards the end of the game most assets are owned by one player and everyone else pays.

I didn’t catch that the HOA has a bylaw that states that no more than 3 unrelated people can live in the house at any given time, but I have it rented to 5 college soccer players(two are brothers).

You've already got the two main players pegged: a great agent who knows the investor side of things and a reliable contractor.

Those two apps are the biggest players in the industry right now.I haven't kept up with Yardi so not sure how they are exactlyBut both of these can pretty much do custom reportsAppfolio offers custom report builder so you can pretty much build your own report to what you are looking for.For the fees, are you referring to like markup?

At least that's what the big players said when I attended the NJ Multi family summit which was last October.  

BiggerPockets podcasts and local REI meetups are great places to learn and meet others doing it successfully.Next, start building your team early — a real estate agent who knows investment properties, a reliable contractor, and a lender who understands short-term investor financing will all be key players.

I'm also an amature golfer, and pickleball player.

It has been beneficial for me to know the areas, local players and be able to see subtle changes in neighborhood.