Rarely do I come across a LLC that is treated correctly (without comingling of funds, documenting the minutes of the required board meetings, and often paying the franchise taxes to keep the LLC active). 

Hey @Austin Wolff - You bring up some good points about knowing the house better than anyone when you build new if you are actively involved and onsite regularly, but I'd get behind @Jay Hinrichs, in the sense that the numbers don't always allow you to build new.Here in Chicago, new developments are super pricey, and even the BEST DEVELOPERS HAVE SLIM MARGINS. 

However, managing a rental property or being a landlord is not a passive activity.

If you do decide to proceed into investing, this will open to a realm of achieving financial freedom and slowly accumulate your rental portfolio, so that you can replace your active tech income from your rental income.

.- Privvy is easier for seeing investor activity in the area and seeing the before/after of flips (how much they bought and sold it for)As an investor, I presume that your versions don't give you access to MLS sale price data? 

If I rent out three bedrooms at 600 each, that is double what I would be getting.However, it seems that renting out rooms separately isn't permitted unless you actively live there with the property as a primary residence (not sure on this point).

I'm focused on small to mid-sized multifamily properties in south central and eastern NC, and I’d love to connect with others that are actively investing and operating in these areas.

Used to merely be a money grab but a few years ago the regulations changed and if a violation was active on your property you could not get your rental license renewed.

The U.S. economy added more jobs than expected, which signals robust economic activity and pressures the Federal Reserve to maintain higher interest rates to combat inflation.

Secondly I just finished "Real Estate by the Numbers" also by Dave Meyer - even though I have a business degree and am actively involved in investing it was a really great refresher on not just the numbers and theories involved in real estate decisions but also the pros and cons of different return metrics and how all the metrics relate to one another.