I have established online in the past with relative ease but I would like to get an attorney in Buffalo whom I can meet face to face.As a side note, if I were to go with the online route, what site would you recommend.

This has put my mind at ease a bit.

They came in and determined that the piers had to be raised and when they began raising, a crack in the concrete in the middle of the house gave in and the foundation company said that they cannot raise the piers anymore.Upon further investigation, we came to know that the previous contractor never mentioned that the concrete slab didnt have a post tension cable or rebar.

It could cause unnecessary tension between you two.

But to combat that notion, and to ease my worries about properties dropping in value, I said to myself I will be buying more than 1 property over my lifetime (my goal would be to have around 15 doors) so my buying period is probably 30 years.

Showing some empathy towards the tenants may be enough to keep tensions down.

If you have multiple properties though, it’s easiest to be consistent with the day rent is due for ease of record keeping.

Tensions between local police and some segments of the city's population run very hot.

With the ease of starting up groups via meetup, Real estate investor meetups of all sizes and specialties are springing up. 

Could be tough to beat that with real estate, at least with such ease as paying down or off debt