While ratings may seem to be merely subjective and every school has all different kinds of students, schools in towns with deeper pockets and bigger budgets tend to show better results.

I usually don't dive into the land trust on the forums, but I have a few minutes this morning and will take a stab at it.Ideal Financing Option: When you purchase properties with the intention of placing them in an LLC, you can actually use the Land Trust to enable that.

Deeper dive: 7 unit rental property, cosmetic maintenance, 5% cap rate with under market rental rates, 6% cap with a 10% increase in rents (still very competitive rental rates in a community with low rental inventory).

Read as many books/podcasts as you can and maybe reach out to a few of the local players to get some insight on the market prior to diving in.

I need to dive in to David's book.

You are asking the right questions and the fact that you are taking your time instead of diving head first into a bad deal is the sign of an intelligent investor.  

What are some good questions/statements that you all have used to make deeper connections with people when meeting them for the first time?

Yes if you're an idiot who dives in headfirst without a clue and drunk.

I'm at the nervous and cautious stage, but am trying to educate myself as much as I can before diving in.

Congrats on getting the BRRRR book and diving in.