People in your market who are doing well want to network with new, hungry people and lift them up. 

If the community is well-managed and there’s good rental demand, a condo could be a solid choice.

Several Midwest markets could work well with your parameters.

I think they contain solid information and will help lay a good foundation as a beginner (Haha, I'm completely new to real estate as well, btw)I'm also going to be reading the following books, and hopefully I can finish all by the end of this month:1) The ABCs of Property Management2) The Advanced Guide to Real Estate Investing3) Long-Distance Real Estate Investing How to Buy, Rehab, and Manage Out-of-State Rental Properties (this might be the most important one to me personally)4) The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money DownIn addition to reading, I'm consuming crazy amounts of youtube videos, and I'recommend you do this as well.

We regularly take over properties from managers who haven’t performed well, and it’s a seamless process when done right.

I am doing my best to accommodate and fix the insulation as well as see if there are programs in place to lower the cost. however i want to be firm with tenant as they are not compliant with paying rent because of the cost of the utilities.

I am completely new to the investing side and would love to find something to meet new people/learn as well as learn more about the city. 

The other site that I would be looking at is meetup.com as well, they have a lot of meetups in your area that you can attend to get in front of people doing the stuff you want to be doing.  

@Richard Bautista your gut is serving you well, saying something feels off here. 

Let me know as I am licensed over there as well.