Whenever you need to do ANY kind of renovation early on in your investing career nowadays, you need to hire highly reputable (and expensive) people and build good working relationships with them.

Quote from @Ryan Stuckey: That's pretty fair and reasonable with the current market...that's right where we are at nowadays on that kind of property profile (and with good personal credit).Really appreciate the response.Not having done one of these yet, I don't have great context, so this helps build some confidence.Thanks!

@Cory Anderson From a leverage perspective, DSCR loans aren't as effective nowadays. 

Instead of building things, nowadays I tell other people they're doing it wrong. :)

Pay the money for the membership or stop whining about a free app.That said, I use the app and my phone because nowadays, I live by my phone...contacts, appointments, banking, CRM, etc., etc.

when I first got started as a Real Estate Broker in NY many years ago, the #1 term that was the "buzz" in the education was:Caveat emptor /ˌkævɛɑːt ˈɛmptɔːr/ is Latin for "Let the buyer beware"[1] (from caveat, "may he beware", a subjunctive form of cavēre, "to beware" + ēmptor, "buyer").

DOM: 4 months might seems long for a 4plex nowadays, you could check past 3-9 months sold history for duplex/triplex/quadplex in the same area.

I'm seeing a lot of buzz about the rust belt but am not sure what the actual market is like locally or if the boom is temporary, also I'm open to exploring other affordable metros. 

Nowadays, I just pursue those with mostly cosmetic issues.

There are plenty of fraud techniques, which you can find all over the healthcare industry nowadays, and well, in some cases - jural professionals can help to resolve such things.