Mother Nature-  just have to deal with.

Water, power (no gas) are billed directly from the utilities company. 

We're currently scanning and analyzing every on-market listing in Indianapolis and finding some great deals!

To determine if an apartment building is a good deal, look at the property's cash flow, cap rate, and potential for rent increases.

Are there mentors out there that can guide us into searching for our first deal?

I recently came across 1 acre asking for 314k in a very good residential and growing location, so the current owner has added 4 manufactured homes with 4 electrical meters, 4 septic tanks and only 1 water meter for al...

A good broker should be able to tell you a range of rates given specific criteria if you can tell them what kind of deals you are exactly looking at (ex. in central Boston, 10-20 unit, 90%+ occupancy, 30% down).

The deal fell into my lap.

A little of something is better than a lot of nothing, so if the deal works then I would consider it, especially if no other options

Main goal is to start building a port folio, understanding the ins and outs and hopefully start lookin into property deals where the roi is high.