Meetup.com is a good resource for those but some of the groups will also post here on Bigger Pockets Marketplace too.

That is why leasing brokers like new develop deals where national tenant paying 40 to 60 bucks a foot in rent value for 200k plus a year in rent.A bigger question is WHEN the leasing fee is DUE.

You can find her on Bigger Pockets as well reach out to @Lucia Rushton

I will still buy SFH and 2-4 unit properties but prefer to be a little bigger in size.  

I found a property that cash flows around $100-$150 in Bakersfield, depending on the interest rate, but I am wondering if it is a good idea to take this and run with it as a first rental, in order to be able to cash out refi in the future to be able to put a bigger down payment on a mult-family property.

(For example, I am in the 24% tax bracket, so I will really only be earning 76% of what I earn from the tenet.)Is there a resource online that has all the tax write-offs as a landlord?

It's free to create an accountAttom Property Data is something my old office used and paid for and was pretty great resource for foreclosures and lispendences.Usually county courthouses will display property data on their websites or you can see it posted there in person ( Free)Property Shark is paid but pretty useful up here in NYC as well.Free is always nice and as someone who's been privileged enough to used the paid services I would add that if you can afford it, pay for a service for a month or so.

I made up my mind to do some more research, so I came to bigger pockets to reach out to the community here to see if I could get some feedback from people that have experience with this.  

@Matthew Morrow is also a great resource on investing here in the valley and surrounding areas. 

Lastly, I started to listen to a few of David Greene's videos on Bigger Pockets.