It's heavily dependent on the types of properties and the effectiveness your processes and systems.If you don't have systems and processes in place, you may struggle to manage 30 on your own.

Not to find deals on the MLS but to potentially use the MLS as a tool to sell your deals.

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

This includes all the tools and knowledge to help potential client’s make informed decisions on their new builds.Beyond guiding us through our investment journey, they also have always offered additional market and property analysis to give us a deeper understanding of the real estate landscape, helping you succeed with confidence.

I spent a decade in advertising, before founding and running a custom wood shop for another decade, so 'm pretty good at the self-promotion.I agree with you that the more gorilla approach would be most effective and that's actually what i've been doing – calling RE agents in my service area with active listings, introducing myself to property managers and leasing agents...To answer your question, I will have to handle the work myself for 6-12 months to build out the SOPs and field service management systems, but I have a lot of relationships for those looking to "do the work".I'll check out the meet up and would love to grab a cup of coffee, I'll shoot you an email.

@Hamidou Keita I would recommend if duplexes are limited if you can get a 4-5 bedroom house and either rent by room for house hack or splitting a big house into 2 and adding a kitchenette and separate entrance as a more cost effective ROI option 

They should be found early on by talking to other investors or your investor friendly Realtor.It is through effective property management that your money is made besides buying well initially.

Direct communication with the builder has been the most effective method in my experience.

I'm developing an AI-enabled analysis and lead generation tool for REI.  

Private lending, if done effectively could give a beginner the contacts, experience and market insight to be ready for the right value add buy and hold.