Disclaimer: While I’m an attorney licensed to practice in PA, I’m not your attorney.

I plan on investing in the DFW area, Austin, and San Antonio, Tx.  100k SFH'sMy current plan is to read more books, watch more webcasts, and gain more knowledge.Followed by next year becoming a pro member and practicing evaluating SFH deals, so I can get a grasp for what a good deal is.I will start trying to go to meetups around my area and find a mentor.  

Technically I believe yes practically no. 

That property is practically in my backyard.  

People doing 10+ deals a year4-6 peoplePeople that want to be open and share best practices – a diverse group of investorsPeople willing to provide constructive feedbackAn initial call for everyone to explain their business model – what you are doing, what you are looking for, etc.Once a month organized calls (Skype or Google) with an agendaA shared group (probably on Facebook, Google drive) where we can share ideas outside of our meeting timesCommunication and accountability outside of the once/month meetingThis is an evolving thing and I am open to best practices and ideas others might have.

It's a good practice though. 

We are a practical people and we want to see that you're adding something to our state, not taking anything away.When asked, always emphasize that you choose Maine (even if that's an embellishment of the truth), and you're proud to be a local.

And I can't think of any other businesses where an owner would voluntarily pay a vendor in equity or create an equity partnership with a vendor.This is just not smart business practice, for many reasons.This isn't the biggest risk in my experience, but here's one example of what can go wrong when someone has a fiduciary responsibility to two parties in a contractual relationship:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/641355-flipping-partnership-going-to-court-on-debate-of-renovation-costs

We would like to tap into the bigger multifamily accounts and are looking for the best marketing practices to gain those accounts.

There's a lot to this electrical story but I'll try to focus on what I'm here for which is a practical and more immediate solution to a much bigger problem of a building built in 1911.Upon purchase of a 4 unit building I find the first floor, and much of my basement, is dark.