All this is to say, I believe it would be money well spent for sure... 

It’s great to hear about your experiences in real estate & I’m sure your insights will be valuable to others starting out.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.DM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

There’s so much to learn here, and I’m sure you’ll find it incredibly helpful.

I'm not sure if this DropBox link will work.

With family it can get tricky as you want to make sure they understand you're going to be flipping the contract onto an end buyer for possibly more money than $1M and that's how you end up getting paid... family can take this in the wrong way LOL :) 

I'm sure some people like to see a Forum comment and add discussion value, that way they are part of the discussion. 

Quote from @Ray Joseph: If you attend a local meetup, I'm sure you'll find investors that operate in other cities or states.And you have thousands of out-of-state investors to mingle with right here!

Not sure about FL, but many places don't publicly list the purchase amounts, so tough to know what they sold for. 

We’re drawn to relatively affordable areas that may be more resilient to climate change in the long run (though we know nowhere is immune).Buffalo has caught our attention because of the growing investments in the area, which we think could drive future economic growth.