For example, the brokerage I'm helping at is specifically an urgent care brokerage, they do 90% of their deals in brokerage/development of urgent cares. 

My accountant wants me to start doing this in the event of an audit being I’m starting larger projects and will be implementing cost segregation Thanks

If you have a focused plan and prepared questions you can learn a lot in an hour. 

That makes me an expert to my friends and a novice in this group. 

Ground-up construction is 10x easier than remodeling an old house.

Quote from @Jeff Calcaterra: We have a potential tenant new to the area who has gone through a paid background check, signed a background check authorization form, sent us a LinkedIn profile, sent an offer letter and says he is willing to send us paycheck stubs, but says he doesn't want us to call HR to verify employment because he is supposed to have found housing already.

This house at 35 Picardy Pl is 5/2 for $2700 asking 325900 is an above-average area. 

The itemized damage estimate that my insurance provided me lists an Actual Cash Value that is 15% higher than my Dwelling A Coverage. 

Connecting with an insurance company may be helpful in placing long term tenants in a fully furnished home.  

There are meet ups all over the country; i'd recommend a google search of your area to see what pops up. i'd also suggest joining local facebook groups for your area / surrounding areas and ask there.I tend to agree with Stuart here; your first deal should be your own capital here and serve as a proof of concept you can use as an example in moving forward to try and garner money from investors for future deals.Other than bringing a deal to an experienced investor it's unlikely they will want to give capital to someone who hasn't pulled the trigger before.