I want a specialist that's an expert, and not a jack of all trades and master of none.

Florida did just have back to back hurricanes but a proper master insurance policy and coverage usually covers that type or perilYou are facing a declining cash flow situation which is due to the HOA fee's so while there is still a profit and you have equity sell and look for a 2-4 units.

You will be forced to solve problems and get scrappy which will carry through all the next phases.Then, I would see if I could possibly start with an addition, garage build or other small and simple structure for your first ground up -- I started with a 250 sqft master suite addition.

Are all 4 units metered for gas and electric separately or on master meter? 

Buy a 3/2 (if possible), live in the master, rent out the other 2 rooms to friends.

I'm looking at a duplex opportunity that says "Corporate tenant, PadSplit has a low-risk 2-year master lease that protects your investment and alleviates landlord headaches

After that, I got a large dog crate and set it up in the master walk-in closet. 

There are a number of meetups in Sacramento and we have been coordinating the dates among hosts so that there is no overlap - I run the West Sacramento Meetup that @Ben Howard mentioned (we gather every 4th Tuesday of the month).Here is a list of meetups that we're in collaboration with (they are all based on an abundance mindset that we have here on BP)- 1st Tuesday - REI Connect @ Roseville Meetup (reach out to @Nicole Masters)- 3rd Tuesday - Investor Mixer @ Crawdads on the River- 3rd Thursday - Folsom Out of Bounds (dates may shift a bit)- 3rd or 4th Wednesday - Real Estate Round Table (CH Cafe & Grill) - they recently relaunched and stabilizing the schedule- 4th Tuesday - West Sacramento Real Estate MeetupI'm working on putting together an easy to access list that Sacramento investors can refer to.

My background is in Social Work, with a Master's degree.

"Master Group", "Winners Circle", or whatever - where they will promise to hold your hand, find you deals, find you money, find you whatever you need - all for the low low price of (in my case) $45,000 for a 2 year membership.