Who are we to say how many places they can rent at once as long as their income meets your requirements?

The market is very hot right now.

You can also check meetup.com or search Facebook for real estate investment groups, clubs, or meetings in your area.

Worry less about the "rules" and the financing right now, and try running models that meet YOUR financial goal. 

They certainly do not meet the 1% rule and they may be slightly negative cash flow.

Plane, Train, or Automobile and meet in person.

They have other nice benefits also such as not charging for appraisals if the deal doesn’t close, a great reputation amongst local listing agents with meeting deadlines/ great customer service/ getting the job done with no b.s. and they can often close in under 14 days. 

Unfortunately, our meeting is more causal not a zoom kind of meeting.

For investors, it offers unique opportunities to maximize the value of properties and meet the growing demand for housing.

There are a lot of real estate investor meetups in Northern New Jersey where you can meet other investors getting started like yourself.