This plays into the affordability issues for tenants by allowing them to live in nicer neighborhoods for less money, yet I get monthly revenue comparable to short-term rentals.I have also shifted my focus to buying better.

My original plan was to buy 15-20 properties with REI if things went well. 

It doesn't matter what your rental income is.Anyone could buy in your neighborhood and make a STR.

The only thing that might give me pause would be if I did not have sufficient capital on a building that was older but had appeared to have significant maintenance issues when I was looking at it to buy.

If a solid rental opportunity arises, buy it. 

I am looking to partner with someone and when I find them , I wanted to know what is the best strategy to partner with them? What bylaws should I consider and what business strategy should we implement?

I am interested in buying a multi-family apartment complex.

Here is what one of the new people I coach from Socal did with a property in Phoenix
I helped him find. He has taken his training seriously. It’s a Subto (Subject To) that I helped him buy “off market” and he chose t...

I pinged Henry on the side to hopefully connect.Do you know of more properties that meet my buy box (1 hour outside of Dallas, cash flow year 1, <$500k)? 

Making matters worse, 99.9% of individuals on BiggerPockets who want to buy in distant markets do so because the entry cost of doing business is lower.