Trying virtual to see how that goes. 

For your first multi-family property, focus on areas with strong rental demand but lower prices, like cities with job growth or near universities.

If banks controlled all this business and did away with the broker model and like what I experienced the lender was a bank employee and was on salary not commish.. docs are prepped by the bank ( on my commercial loans that is free no charge NO JUNK Fees at all just appraisal and 1/2 a point to maybe 1 point. this is a stumbling block for owner occ especially first time buyers who dont have money for closing costs and generally need the seller to contribute you know I see it all the time on my starter homes that I finance for flippers.. virtually everyone has seller assist on it to pay for all the junk fee's and brokers fees.. its getting paid somewhere and that just makes it harder for those buying homes to live in ..  

Maybe there's military nearby or hospitals or universities?

Not sure if you want to manage it, but I have an Airbnb near a university that does great, so that could be an option as well if you find the right house.

I work with several growing real estate investors to help them fund their projects and would be happy to connect virtually or in person.

However, University Circle could be promising for appreciation if you're looking to hold long-term.

SW also does a virtual color consult which we have done a couple of times when were trying to compliment existing colors so we didn't need to repaint the entire house or troublesome unique bathroom fixtures. 

Virtually every loan we make has a private/hard money lender behind us, in second position.

The best way to think of it would be virtual door knocking.