I tried shopping around but no one would take me since I had a sewer collapse claim last spring.

There is a great group of members on here to connect with.

I'm with Dan on this one. 1.

Maintenance at at PM company or one of the big hedge owners like AH4R, leasing at apartment complex will teach you a lot about applications, fraud, leases, collections, evictions. 

Cashflow is not extraordinary because I financed on a 15-year mortgage.

The 2 best ones I know of are:- House Hacker Mafia (https://www.meetup.com/house-hacker-mafia-real-estate-invest...)- Colorado Springs REIA (https://www.meetup.com/colorado-springs-real-estate-investor...)Hope to see you at one of them!

I have one big parcel zoned at Santa Cruz County R-1-15 after building an ADU recently.

I set up four LLCs on my own.

@Lauren Lewis, also one of our members Barb Mayne hosts a monthly meeting for the Topeka / Lawrence areas - it is on the MAREI Calendar and she also has a facebook group and a group on meetup - eKARI  Eastern Kansas Association of Real Estate Investors.

There are the obvious pros/cons of a duplex but then there are the non-obvious ones that come with being in Detroit.I actually have a fantastic article about this I can share but I'm unable to link to it in this post.