A real-estate friend and then our agent, Jordan Clemans.

Utilizing the many resources to analyze deals and help find investor friendly professionals in your area has helped me tremendously.  

You’ll find plenty of friendly, knowledgeable people willing to respond to your posts.

I have a family friend who is a GC and been building MF homes in the city for years.

Welcome in friend hope you catch upm soon enough

You can find several investor-friendly markets like this in the Midwest and Sunbelt states. 

I was young, poor and a friend who was a broker called me when a dump in an upcoming neighborhood came available.

But at a $1.5M asking price, as long as you don't have to spend more than $300k in rehab (without raising rents), this is a slam dunk deal that should easily be financed  at 75% LTV by a "investment real estate-friendly" bank/credit union that is located fairly close to the properties.

I was referred by a rather large investor friend of mine to them.

No my friend, I do not believe you do understand my sentiment.