Then connect with some hard money lenders (you can find some here on BP as well as some who are typing this right now) and connect with them to understand their product type, what they like to lend on and requirements.Hard money broker is all numbers game of making relationships and helping those that are looking for financing, it starts out slow but if you get with a few good borrowers and lenders it can be pretty decent money to be made.As an example we paid six figures last year to HM brokers. 

I'll put them in order of what I prefer and why:1) Save up the cash using cashflow from my current portfolio and W2 income. 

After reading so many intros of young, single, eager individuals, I'm hoping I'm not too late to the game! 

Do you have a particular system or software that’s been a game-changer for you?

While I always prefer to do deals with local, responsive agents.

It is turn key, we have boots on the ground, we have a preferred team to work with in every area that we have inventory, and it is a flexible investment that you own and control.  

(We are working on a generalized survey to collect info on our buyers/potential buyers so we can make sure we understand who our customers are while trying to dial in their preferences and patterns.)You are doing great things. 

For several reasons (property taxes, politics), I would prefer to begin real estate investing somewhere other than locally. 

I'm an independent agent here in AR and I write a lot of rental property, with ~6 preferred markets and if the properties have some issues, age, claim history etc.

That sounds like a lot of work and I'm sure he would prefer to avoid that work and just sell it for $1.9m or $2.0m.if I were to buy it from him, to get to cash flow neutral I would need to increase rent on all 6 units to market rates and my monthly payment would need to be close to $6.2k/month, which would be $100k down payment, $1.7m loan with seller financing at 2% interest rate and flexible ballon payment.What would you do if you were me?