It can help you monitor your score and it's free.  

How would I go about contacting someone interested in doing private money so that I could do a fix and flip with the assistance of a trusted family member/partner to monitor the projects (I can make trips home on the weekends to check progress)?

Will be monitoring this discussion.

I have some money set aside and have been monitoring the 20-40 unit apartment space but it seems that the new buzz word is syndication. 

Would be great to connect and discuss what kind of data would be useful to be able to collect remotely and monitor in real time.

hey jordan, i'm from st. louis originally and got lured back last year after a couple years in toronto. my wife and i are new to investing, close on our first property (a little sfr in the shaw neighborhood) in a couple weeks. we're in the same ballpark you are in terms of targets. we've been monitoring duplexes pretty closely for a couple months now, and it seems the market for multi-families in the neighborhoods you're hearing about (tower grove south, tower grove east, fox park) is very competitive. university city and clayton might also be areas to consider (near washington university and on our train line). i'm a newbie to investing but an olbie when it comes to stl, so i'm happy to answer questions you've got to the best of my ability. 

@Nick Monge like @Ryan Groene said, you'll want something that's monitorable from afar if you plan on self managing. 

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Per week i could spend less than 8hrs at a property , i dont feel that's enough time to monitor whats going on and i dont have the finance to get a PM.

Consider Reno, Boise, Sac, Sf baY, So CaL, Spokane, Seattle, Oregon all to be with in my reach/comfort zone as far as being able to visit easily to shop and monitor after purchase.