I even purchased his cash flow board game to play with my family.

Have you purchased any in the Clev markets as you said you wanted to months ago?

@Fulati PaerhatiRecommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

LTR could get $3200-3400.3-just purchased in August a townhouse in Costa Mesa California 3 miles from the beach walking distance from the back bay great location.

I just purchased my first duplex (only SFHs in my portfolio so far) and it doesn't have the gas/water split.

To OP, it's not as scary as you think it is, this will be your first home purchase, you can purchase a multi family or SFR and house hack.

I purchased a single family to rent out the rooms and it sent my finical plan completely off course because I was not as ready as I previously thought.

That someone is going to deliver to you, on a silver platter, a property purchase you can simply say "yeah, sure, I'll take that" where you do some paint, carpet, little cleaning and tidying and turn around and clear a $100k? 

If you would like to generate your own leads, I would pop over to the the wholesale section of the forum and start there, and perhaps purchase some books from the BP store.

Case Study: A Successful Joint Venture in Real Estate - An investor identifies a distressed property with high potential but lacks the funds to purchase and renovate it. - The investor partners with a private lender who provides the capital.