Each lender may specialize in different aspects (renovation loans verses rental loans) or simply help you know if your preferred lender is keeping pace with the overall market.

This is a pure cash flow play, as property prices will not increase at a high pace here.  

With taxes and HOA fees that equity would need to keep pace with these fee increases.

Currently at a snails pace but it's getting along.

HI Brandon,Best to have a couple contractors walk through before you buy to have their  input even though you may do the work at your own pace later.

Although we are on pace to retire as millionaires through 401k and 457 retirement contributions, on top of the fact I will get a pension as long as I work for 20+ years, I have this strong feeling that I don’t want to follow the traditional route.

This price range isn't the most glamorous so it took me a little while to find a building+condo that didn't wreak like cigarette smoke or look dilapidated and have sketchy individuals pacing in front of or around the building.  

The seller's agent is old school and wants to work at her pace and do things on her terms. 

The large drops in vacancy rates in these metro areas indicates a potential for more multi-family investments also if vacancy rates keep falling in the coming months: Birmingham-Hoover, AL (12.3%), San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX (7.2%), Pittsburgh, PA (6.7%), and Kansas City, MO-KS (7.3%).Vacancy rates are nearing or around 7 percent and are higher compared to one year ago in several “hot” metro areas, indicating a maturing of the investment cycle in these markets given the current level of demand: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (7.1%), Austin-Round Rock, TX (7.1%), Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (7.1%), Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-MD-VA-WV (6.7%), and Raleigh, NC (7.3%).Vacancy rates are above 10 percent in these areas and were higher compared to the levels on year ago, indicating low potential for multi-family investment given the current pace of demand: Albany-Schenectady-Troy (10.3%), Greensboro-High Point, NC (10.5%), Tulsa, OK (8.1%), Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR (11.5%), Toledo, OH (12.6%), Dayton, OH (12.7%) and Oklahoma City (13.1%).

I believe I can manage doing both, especially since I can work on getting my license at my own pace!