Once you do that, I would get referrals to good brokers/property managers in the area to get their expert opinions from their numerous years in the area.

Bottom line; Brokers need to earn their fee - and if that requires showing the property 20 times a day and drafting numerous contracts and reviewing potential Buyers I feel that should be part of the job... 

They can offer competitive prices and a wide variety of styles.- Local suppliers: Many investors find great deals at local flooring and building supply stores.

On the other hand, apartment syndication offers substantial economies of scale, which seems to be a common transition for many real estate investors, as I’ve heard on numerous podcasts.I would love to hear your thoughts on which route you think I should pursue and why.

Even the gut job properties are listed and go pending very quickly because there is a lot of money to be made in the region.Albany - There is an area in Albany that is convenient to both numerous hospitals and colleges.

I have yet to see a free course be anything worthwhile but there are some that are relatively cheap for what they give you.I personally am a mid 6 figure earner & have been in land for 8 years now.I have numerous course, including Bosch's. 

I work with a lot of investors who own properties in Austin and their battling the same thing you are right now so they've shifted to areas like SAN, DFW, Memphis, Little Rock, OKC and Tulsa for a variety of reasons but the top are price points are lower and rents are stronger.

There are a variety of different forum categories to help you narrow in on what interests you.

From the 434,294 property records of my last (kinda old) snapshot, using a variety of property-centric heuristics I can generally find what I want to target, defining my TAM (Total Available Market) for my type of investing*.

Sometimes it's ambiguous, but even then, why should I bother with the company that has numerous unresolved lawsuits, versus another company that is virtually the same but has none.