First, I'd suggest getting familiar with the basics of real estate investing—property types, financing, and market analysis.

New build maybe a bit aggressive getting into real estate unless you have a builder as a partner in a deal to see the full steps or stages that go into new builds.Why new build?

There are a multitude of roles, stages, and responsibilities for each and every unique project.

Hire an experienced real estate agent (20+ years in the biz) to run a market analysis for you.

He has offered to make a lot of noise on behalf of landlords but I am not sure how to proceed so even with 8 months in arrears there is a cost benefit analysis that doesn't work. 

For 1 property, its a cost/benefit analysis in my opinion.

It’s exciting to hear you’re looking to scale up into larger multifamily investments—financial independence is a fantastic goal, and it sounds like you’re taking the right steps to get there.It’s great that you’re already focused on assembling a team and diving into market analysis.

@Kevin Collins I apologize; my response came out a little rough around the edges and I assume that you certainly have done your homework prior too.... but that is a bit of my point... nothing will change when you go and work with a realtor and find investment properties yourself... figuring out what the property is worth IS PART OF THE ANALYSIS (if that's important to you) and because of this it is no different than other than you should now be verifying what the realtor will tell you it's worth as opposed to what the turnkey is telling you. 

This analysis is purely for educational purposes and is for a course capstone project.Any thoughts/feedback would be super helpful.

Financing-  build a relationship with a regional banker, don’t shop for interest rates, start small and build history and loyalty they are your team, Cross collateralize, deposit CD/MM or custodial account with bank for loan, give them monthly updates, nail your deal analysis, do stress tests on your deal analysis-cost/interest rate/deal length/ sale price etc. 12.