@Mitchel Johnson Welcome to BP and I wish you the best in investing..Usually people start by going to local meetups and building a network of trusted people to get their feet wetHere is an examplehttps://www.meetup.com/find/?

Thankfully I have no property in NY.I loved this quote which shows just how clueless people are about housing issues:“Housing instability is at the root of so many problems facing our city, such as exacerbating homelessness and hunger, failing to meet our children’s educational needs, and undermining public safety,” said the CWTU in a statement.

If you google anything regarding mortgage rates or refinancing, you only see lending tree and rocket mortgage or some brokers that will send your information to 1000 people.

Would love to have a chat about how I could help, I've been getting people a lot of deals in the Norfolk Virginia Beach area Message received.

ThanksDan there are people who do "Gator" lending which is a guru course taught about this type of lending.

Total number of people that would occupy the apartment5.)

I always remember that rockstars know rockstars, so find someone who is a mover and shaker - likely a meetup host - and then ask them who they know.The people doing 100 flips are super busy, so I've also found the best person to find is someone who is a step or two ahead of me...so maybe for you, that is someone doing 2-3 flips a year. 

Many people are only making $50k or so on $800k-$1M properties. 

Welcome to BP - great contingent of people in the Dallas area both here digitally and in the in-person meetup community!

Many people in consideration of #2, take steps to protect the assets so that Medicaid cannot take those assets like a home.