I am the program manager at Apartment Addicts and its a great multifamily mentorship program.  

we just managed to get ong to run all new lines and separate meters for our whole apartment complex at no cost to us. 

Finding the right GC, broker/real estate agent, and property manager is key in most deals. 

A great way to get started if you currently have a W2 job is to buy a house hack like a duplex or a fourplex where you can move into one of the units and continue to rent/manage the other units.

My partner and I have a couple units we manage as well in Washington DC.

I think that's a great approach I have a lot of clients who self manage have no issues at all.  

I'm not counting those since I don't manage them, but I typically avoid cities and states with laws antagonistic to landlords.

@Alba Cheung,your property manager should have already handled this and you should not be involved.

@Chris Seveney We don't plan to make money by managing the fund.

Quote from @John Friendas: Hey,My investing partner and I have reached an agreement where he would have the debt under his name and apply for it individually, and I would do the majority of the management (he is out of state and my income is half his).