I have been listening to the podcasts and browsing the site for a month or so and am impressed with level of knowledge and the culture of the community here on BP.Being from north of the border I do get jealous when I hear some of the prices available in some markets of the U.S. but I do keep reminding myself to be happy with the raging economy and 1% vacancies of my home town in Edmonton.

First thing I would do is do a BP Pod-cast marathon, read a few books on REI & browse the forum & blogs here on BP.  

I've been browsing this website and have found a ton of information and we have a realtor that has been sending us some property listings.

Off-market properties sent to me by brokers.Step 2: Browse: through the results from step 1 in the form of daily alerts and emails to see what properties seem like good candidates. 

These posters will get my vote, because they are consistent with the way to interface with a new owner in this kind of circumstance.

According to my records, they have ZERO foreclosures and the SEC is investigating whether they filed things appropriately which can be disputed here....https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?

Here are my lessons learned:Most of the functions can be handled via a web interface: advertising, rent, tenant screening, maintenance requests, applications and forms, etc.

I was browsing around and notice there are many many multiunits in Buffalo NY in the range of $9000-Anything.

It seems that with my browsing on the forum the are so many things I have to learn more about it's making my head spin right now.

. :) I will keep browsing, and I will be checking out my local REIA ASAP.