Should we focus on looking at smaller properties that we can get without commercial funding, and so we can learn more about landlording as a business on a smaller scale?

It's just a personal opinion based on looking individual houses and its past sold prices but not in overall data.  

You make the money on the buy.I am still looking at a few, but am concentrating more on looking for stick builts that I can get a loan on to take advantage of the low rates while they last.

@Austin Wise I'm about to close on a property in the Atlanta area and am working on looking for the next.

If you're looking for an area with tons of potential and active redevelopment going on, look at the English Avenue neighborhood near the Echo Street West development and also new Georgia Tech expansion. 

If there is an issue that makes me want to walk, I want to free the property up for the seller to move on looking for another buyer. 

One of the smartest people I've ever met was one of my high school teachers and she said have a career and have a trade to fall back on. Looking

Also I've been so focused on looking at multi-family properties and being a landlord that I forgot to look at possible flip options.

The situation that gives me the "red flag" alert is that I could honestly say that nearly 1/2 of the park was empty homes.....I plan on looking deeper into the reason behind this but I guess I'm wondering if I should waste my time or is this an obvious sign of trouble to sell a home there?

The clues are that he is dumping another agent without having bought from them and is planning on looking at comps on many properties.