It's called "Investing in Real Estate Private Equity: An Insider’s Guide to Real Estate Partnerships, Funds, Joint Ventures & Crowdfunding".

I would stay residential (4 units or less) to start unless you have management experience.

Check out the forums, ask questions and stay tuned to the BiggerPockets Podcast.

I suggest you contact each of your tenants currently renting at 721 to determine who all intends to stay and who is planning to leave.

The key is staying consistent and networking with the right people (you’re already in the right place!).

Plus it’s an area we frequently visit and pay someone else to stay on their property so we would like to get some personal use out of it as well.

If everything else checks out I would allow this tenant to stay at any of our properties.

Here are a few recommendations for you:Read Beginner’s Guide http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing and check out BP Podcast.If you wish to tag someone in the conversation on the forum, type @ followed by their name and then select that person below.

I always see people posting to stay away from D/F neighborhoods, but I don't ever see how exactly to determine that - I've read a breakdown of what each class entails, I guess I'm just looking for a tool that tells me that instead of trying to figure it out on my own in an area that is not well known to me. 

Make this post a running blacklist to help funding peeps stay safer.