I’ve been steady focus on multi family to create passive income but that idea is starting to seem slim since I haven’t been able to find any within my budget or in a good location.  

Sometimes a bad run can happen on 1 or 2 properties so I always stress the importance of building a large portfolio especially when investing in sub $100,000 B or C class properties.The likelihood of 1 or 2 properties being vacant within such a portfolio is quite high so it's vital to own 5-6-7+ properties.While the others are performing, some won't and at the end of the day it will level out the portfolio for a decent cashflow return. 

No idea what it takes to build this if its opening accounts?

Could always call around asking for vacancies to see get a general idea of whats out on the market.

Seems like a great idea at the State Fair, but I'd be 90% of the homes I go in that have those, the room never gets used. 

The idea behind this training is convincing a realtor to grant you access to the MLS, I don't believe this is as easy as one may think.

We would just get comfortable and loving our job and then a merger would happen or some knucklehead at the top with no real lending background would come up with some "great idea" and shake things up.

Zillow rental, apartments.com are both good websites to look at to get ideas on the market rate. 

Looking forward to meeting local investors and hearing new ideas!

I think a smaller refundable deposit is a good idea.