To further improve cash flow, look into doing MTR(travel nursing) or if possible STR(more risky).

Would love to chat with you further about your real estate goals!

Any tips/tricks would be greatly appreciated.  

Further, deals that are “great deals” aren’t advertised as such; they are identified through analysis using information not readily known and negotiated on a one to one basis.  

To tip the scales in the cashflow column I say "buy in all cash.

Good pro tip is to not tell the tenants you're moving into next door that you're the owner but just affiliated with the property manager.

CT isn't cheap so if you plan on doing it there you are going to surprised at how poorly you do. maybe in the suburbs I'm not sure but as much as I know people call us from CT and everyone is rich and has lots of money and things are expensive out there. build to rent is a great model. we build 3 story walk up infill and keep it to the residential side. 3 units is the most units before it's commercial and you need engineering, etc. check comparable and things liek that. we came up with this design a year ago and we sold 10 if you want to talk further please DM me happy to connect. there are some great build to rent conferences. we went vertical not horizontal with it to save on build costs and design to fit on any infill lot. this fits on a 3500 square foot lot. most lots in our area are 30x120 or 30x150. in miami where I live now they are 50x100 or so. but any infill lot we can pretty much get this one on. there are some great build to rent conferences coming up too that if you like this topic I'd recommend attending I'm sure you'd learn a lot.  

The city wants to tear the property and surrounding properties down Zillow said it’s worth 38000The city offer me 13000.I could use some adviceHard to give advice with limited information, but as a general rule, the longer you wait and the further down the line their project is the more valuable your property will be to them.Zillow (and all automatic online) estimates are very unreliable, so don't base on that.

I’d love advice on leveraging my existing assets, navigating seller finance deals, or other tips for scaling effectively.

Again, this topic can be discussed AT LENGTH as well so let me know if you want to go further into it.My suggestion to every new investor is to trust your instinct.