I am a single individual, no dependents, only live and work in PA.

As for meetups, I’ve attended a few in Denver, and they’re great, but they can depend on what strategies you’re focusing on.

I've gotten deals and formed partnerships through some very unorthodox connections over the years.To answer your question, it will always depend on the specifics of the deal in front of me but in general I'd still prefer value-add.

I have found that Redfin actually has pretty good search parameters to where you can look for listings that have been sitting a while that fit your buy box, and you can even do keyword searches for things like "as is", "investor", "seller financing", "guest house", etc. depending on what you are looking for.

The biggest thing with 5+ units is everything is more expensive, and the inspection requirements (depending on the municipality) are often more rigorous.

For a first timer, you can expect a hard money lender to provide 70-75% of the purchase price, and 100% of the renovation budget, depending on the after repair value.

Nicholas, it depends on what you are buying.

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@John Sherwood Depending on the demographic of tenants you're okay with renting to it's a decent area for rentals.

It depends what your goal is.