Every marketing strategy has to be adequately design for you, your time and what you like to do.If you don't know start with one and move to NM the next one.

BUT, get a solid quote on utilities.

Utility improvements.

On utilities, I bought a foreclosure in NJ and found out it was not attached to Town sewer and I actually had to extend the main line up to my property then put the lateral in and abandon an old cesspool.  

Just a follow up question, were you utilizing debt to invest, I have always been taught since a young age to try and not utilize debt (I come from a family of stock market investors, traditional business owners) where debt is not utilized as frequently which I obviously understand debt can be a very powerful tool and utilized in a great way its just something I want to avoid with my investments to an extent any suggestions for investing without debt or as little as possible. 

There's plenty of companies who design and install for contractors for reasonable prices.

I do own two triplexes in Scranton, and I will say the one issue is that you are going to be taking care of the utilities normally if they are not on separate meters, which could take a good amount of money away from your overall cash flow. 

BiggerPockets is full of resources designed to help you along your journey, whether you are just getting started or a seasoned investor.

I would like to purchase my first property sometime next year, utilizing this year to learn and network as much as I can.

After 2 years you can apply for a “Rent consideration” (I think that’s what they called it) as long as you still live there and that may allow you to increase rents by more than the annual allowance (probably designed for unit that are very low rents).