As someone interested in purchasing your first property you should not be looking at investment opportunities all over the country & are too scattered with your approach. 

You will create a good buyers list once you have a good property to sell as well.Focus your efforts, it seems as if you are a bit scattered.

At least you tried to get all the prospective buyers in there at that time vs scattered throughout the week.

The Newark/east orange area is scattered with nice areas and crime areas, so try to use Trulia.com crime maps to find a good area.

Or are their tools scattered hither and yon?

I wonder if there is a single thread that lists all current and future planned meet ups in a particular region or are they scattered throughout different thread topics

You'd be surprised how many scammers scatter when faced with this simple first test!

I also expect a lot of newer investors to scatter in the next few years as they start to deal with rent reductions, less cash flow, tenant difficulties, etc.

And not to mention, build an extensive portfolio and have valuable assets.I know this post has become a scatter brain rant at this point, I was drinking my coffee as I typed this and just said what was on my mind.I am looking for guidance, and there is a ton on this website but now I am trying to narrow it down to a small niche of what I am trying to achieve. 

I like the idea of fucus on one property at a time rather than scatter on multiple properties to get it paid off.Hope that helps.To your success,Alex