I hope that my journey helps you and anybody else that stumbles upon my post.

However, I stumbled upon a property in an ideal location and decided to reach out to a realtor.

Instead, I stumbled into the strategy by accident but I believe it helps paint the picture that you can be successful if you are not merely looking to replicate the housing that everyone else in the city is offering.

I just stumbled upon this by deal accident. 

I agree with @Taz Zettergren, but for some reason I keep stumbling on the duplexes I'm up to 6 now.

Not exactly an answer to your question but I randomly stumbled across a tired landlord who wants to sell his property off-market in Toledo, happy to share if you are interested. 

This is an old post but I wanted to chime in for future investors that stumble upon this.

Just stumbled upon REI Automator, haven't had a chance to try it out yet.

Even if you succeed with this venture you have lost respect from many on here who have simply stumbled onto this thread or provided advice.

I stumbled on this post yesterday and immediately did some copy/paste on my notes to refer to when looking at guidelines.