Have been searching for some listings for apartment buildings.

Some will do but they tend to be far and few in between and the terms are not very desirable at all.Another options is to take down the properties with a bridge loan. 

Areas like Downtown, Summerville, and West Augusta are particularly desirable due to their proximity to amenities, universities, and employment centers.In terms of your preferred strategies, it would be helpful to know what type of lending you plan to use.

Look for areas with strong demand for affordable housing and check infrastructure availability like water, sewer, and roads.Building relationships with local real estate brokers and connecting with municipal contacts can help uncover off-market deals and streamline your search.

You can also find real estate investing groups through meetup.com, Facebook, or a Google search.

Public has little desire to see them cut and GOP has no desire to increase funding for this. 

Search engines index the site VERY quickly. 

In the area I lived the properties were too expensive (Watsonville CA) so I began doing farther searches out of my area.

If a single-family owner-occupied property is worth $400,000 - I wouldn't invest more than $280,000 (70%) in a note secured by the property.ITV takes priority over desired yield - so even if the note discounts to $350,000 based on desired yield, the investor still won't go beyond their maximum ITV. 

I recommend you search for "tenant application screening" to find a few different options and see which one will work best for you.Here's some generic screening advice.