Dive in?

Dive on in and plug in to any local REI meetings to network.

@Brandon Hall I will definitely ask for tax returns and bank statements once under contract as well as dig much deeper into how much is really needed to bring the property to proper operating conditions. 

He's given me some basic things to start doing in order to prepare for purchasing properties.On another note, and maybe the deeper meaning behind me coming here I have no capital.  

This of course, is a very simplistic view of things, but you get the point.As for stock in Apple, if they come out with bad news like the Apple Watch isn't selling (no surprise there), the stock may take a dive. 

I would advise you to conduct your own due diligence before diving off into the deep end first however.  

I only look deeper into properties I could afford which is a small percentage.I understand some large companies are putting derivatives from rent on these properties into the stock market and that pension plans buy heavily into them.

At this point I believe I am still a few months of planning away from taking the dive.

You may want to consider reading J Scott's "The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs" before you dive into that project.

. - Choose the good contractors: even though it wasn't his first deal, it was the first that required such an amount of rehab; therefore choosing a whole team of contractor and manage it on a daily basis was very challenging; The work took a very long time (almost a year), I believe we should have planned and organized it before diving in. - Some challenges with neighborhoods: We wanted to a verranda to add to the living space, but needed authorization of all the apartment's owners of the building. this was also very challenging, thus crucial in the value of the property.