Been reading books and watching videos but I'm more of a hands on type of guy.

Welcome to the community @Kelly Garrison This BP free course would be great for newbies, you can watch it here https://www.biggerpockets.com/courses/a-beginners-introduction-to-real-estate-investing

I guess nothing formalized, I've been reading books, watching webinars, and listening to podcasts. 

I have yet to purchase a rental property myself because of this market but will keep watching in the coming months, especially with prices stabilizing a bit.In terms of leveraging your primary residence, this is a valid strategy to use.

I talked to one of the neighbors who has a relationship with the lady and apparently, the lady hasn't mentioned anything about actually leaving.  

I have a lot of reading and watching to do.

I'll be watching for your posts.

Naturally my eyes have been on Noda, Midwood etc and I have been watching the Meck County zoning board rezone building left and right for other developers.  

Check out our website that we built and go watch the youtube videos that we create and all of our listing photos we take too!

If you've ever watched the movie "Patriots Day", that's the town I grew up in (Watertown, MA).