In other words, "great deals" are not going to automatically pop-up on Zillow at every page.

Id also recommend on taking a look at the find a lender tab at the top of the page.

Would love to connect with you as I grew up in NE and frquently work/visit. 

I visited a few properties out there last weekend, and I'm thinking of putting an offer in on one of them but I'm not sure if I should.

If not, there's a little "Lenders" button at the top of this page that you can click on to find one. 

I don’t know if it is just me, but I have not heard a lot of encouragement these days about going to local meetups while listening to the podcasts.On previous versions of the BiggerPockets website, it was a lot easier to find out where local meetups were being hosted because there was a link on the front page that read “meetups” and it would take you right to the meetup page where you could see a map where  people were having meetups in your area or in other areas across the country.

We have a 14-page management contract that we've added our real experiences to over the years, with the intent of protecting both us AND the landlord.

I go back to visit and put eyes on properties usually once a year.

@Jon Graboyes, I'm pretty sure that October 1, 2018 is the deadline to appeal: https://www.phila.gov/brt/appeals/Pages/default.aspx

So, you should just finish the work before the site visit is complete to take out that possibility.