Happy to chat with you if you're interested in my neck of the woods.

You should be looking into nursing homes , and getting one of those buttons around your neck " I have fallen and I cant get up "I am 56 with a 9 year old and a 12 year old ,  I started those late , I try to buy one rental a year .Its too late only  when you are pushing up daisys 

I would like to start with 3/2 SFH OR small MFHs (ideally duplex) while I gain my REI muscles.

Now I'm neck deep in it and loving it.   

Tonight Jet Investors and Renter's Warehouse have a monthly bash at the Red Neck Country Club in Stafford. 

Peter V. welcome to the board from another newbie in your neck of the woods.

And don't be afraid to exercise that "no" muscle. 

The titanium in the neck don't like it.  

There seems like there is frequently old schools for sale in my neck of the woods....people buy them and try to turn them into apartments or industrial complexes......I have a colleague that buys them up like crazy for some reason.....they don't get very much for them......he bought one just so he'd have a place for him and his buddies to play pick up basketball games......rents the rest out for storage or whatever..... he also rents to religious groups / cults,  that want to teach their beliefs to their kids.......he seems like he's doing fine with them?????  

This will give you a list of the movers and shakers in your neck of the woods.Good luck!