I haven't joined MAREI yet, but I've been to one of their meetings and found it useful.

Quote from @Kyle Carter: I want to buy an apartment building and rent it out to all section 8 tenants.

Quote from @Erick Pena: A "good" rental property is one that covers all expenses (mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance, property management fees, and any other costs) and still leave a surplus (commonly referred to as cash flow).Calculate cash flow as: Cash Flow = Rental Income − Operating Expenses − DebtThere's much more to it, but that's the basic idea.

Purchase price: $355,500 Cash invested: $75,000 Rental Property near community college What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Looking in Denver metro for either SFH or STR opportunities.

One of them is in TX, another one in MA and I am not sure about the remaining. 

I have a team of two who do texting campaigns and one who does cold calls.

Borrowers like that.Since money is the lifeblood of all house flips, I consider this a win-win for everyone.

Cosmo - I personally don't know Phoenix well, but if I had to do this in another city I would look at income levels, crime levels, and population growth (if you can) by zip code and/or area within a DMA as a starting point.

There is also a group that does meet on I think the 1st Saturdays of the month in the Northland in Parkville.