Meeting and working with an architect, building a team (GCs, Subs, Title, Lenders). 

Quote from @Skyler Bissell: Find in-person events to attend, listen, and meet people who share your interests.

.- Public Records and Local Government Websites: Check your town or county’s property tax assessor or planning department websites.

Each corner and where the floors meet the wall.

You have come to the right place to begin your investing journey.Have you looked into attending local meetings and joining Facebook groups?

Hi Chinelo, it’s great to meet you!

If you do 203k loan (FHA renovation loan), you can wrap the reno into the loan, but it is a bit complicated on the back end with the draws to the contactor.You are using a lot of book words that may not go together in real life so you want to start going to meetups in Des Moines and meeting other investors so you can see what they have done.

STRs meet that definition of residential.  

BiggerPockets has a section just for this, Under the BUILD YOUR TEAM tab- then select- MEET UPhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521Best of luck to you!

Look forward to meeting.