To maximize my cashflow and gain landlording experience, I’d do STR and MTR in the other units, as well as the other bedrooms in my unit.

Do your research and run some numbers, but if you can buy a 4br house, rent out the other three rooms and be left with a very small mortgage payment, you can start saving for the next one and then rinse and repeat every few years. 

It sounds like you have a strong foundation, and getting one-on-one guidance can definitely help you learn more in taking your next step.

Just depends on the area. 

Focus on absentee owners and start with the ones who live the farthest away and only own one property in the area since they have the least use for the property.You can also drive for dollars, looking for anomalies of disrepair and then look them up in the tax records and use a site like Spokeo to do cheap skip tracing.

As far as meetups, CIREIA is a great group - I am going to another investor meetup next Wednesday that I will PM you details. 

The city is also breaking ground on a new arena for the NBA leading OKC Thunder basketball team

Thx.The Nassau County REIA meets every 3rd Tuesday of the month in Lynbrook, next meeting is actually tomorrow night.

And recently, after much pushback, they backed off the plan to not let you transfer the permit to the next property owner when you sell.

I'd be happy to visit about the market.