@Bob LaFountain welcome to BP and the forums.

Im open to connecting

If you can't find people to live in the house, that's the risk you have to take.

You are correct that putting 3.5% down on a fourplex likely won't cash flow after one year.

Welcome to our community!

However, non-government employers on average last less than 20 years.

All good reading and listening, education is best and if you want to learn you have to ingest as much information as possible.I read many books that helped me, but my go-to is listeining to at least 2hrs of podcast with real examples per day.One very important things that "want-to-be" fails is to understand that real estate has many different specialities, so you have to focus your time in your real project.

Welcome to BiggerPockets Manuel!

I wouldnt want to sell unless I needed the funds for something else .But it doesnt hurt to ask them if they want to sell 

Hi Kanaam,To start, focus on financing—U.S. lenders may require higher down payments (often 25-35%) for foreign investors.