So you prefer to be in the side of town towards the larger city.  

If you would prefer to do it on your own than that is fine too and you will just have to grind it out and save like crazy but it will be worth it.

(We are working on a generalized survey to collect info on our buyers/potential buyers so we can make sure we understand who our customers are while trying to dial in their preferences and patterns.)You are doing great things. 

That sounds like a lot of work and I'm sure he would prefer to avoid that work and just sell it for $1.9m or $2.0m.if I were to buy it from him, to get to cash flow neutral I would need to increase rent on all 6 units to market rates and my monthly payment would need to be close to $6.2k/month, which would be $100k down payment, $1.7m loan with seller financing at 2% interest rate and flexible ballon payment.What would you do if you were me? 

The common feedback I hear typically revolves around your accounting preference. 

It’s true that clients often prefer working with someone their own age or with more experience, so I’ll definitely keep that in mind as I move forward.

While I always prefer to do deals with local, responsive agents.

For several reasons (property taxes, politics), I would prefer to begin real estate investing somewhere other than locally. 

I'm an independent agent here in AR and I write a lot of rental property, with ~6 preferred markets and if the properties have some issues, age, claim history etc.

@Fulati Paerhati With that kind of capital available most of my clients prefer areas like Memphis, Little Rock, DFW or even Houston