I chose to spend time, meaning I held open houses every weekend in my first year, sometimes 2 per day, grew my SOI and stayed in touch regularly with MLS feeds, emails with useful information, video texts, etc., and I was new to the city so had no pre-existing SOI.  

I’d love to get in touch with local experienced investors that can help when I have questions.

Hi Jacob,I would recommend getting in touch with a realtor who is very familiar with that town.

good luck and stay in touch

I assume I need to run the numbers for my area on multi families to see if that 15k would even touch a down payment amount suitable for a reasonable starting complex.

You get so many benefits from the home loan, so touch that last. 

We got in touch through a mutual friend.

@Carl Pickens  While not considered "conventional" I've worked with lenders who will issue a commercial loan with comparable rates to cover both buildings on the same parcel or even two touching parcels. 

Id love to get in touch

If he "barely meets the criteria" and is in the midst of a divorce, I wouldn't touch it.