I’d love to meet you guys and pick your brains!!

Pick a solid B-Class suburban area.

@Kevin Cespedes the pros are pretty obvious in that you pick up another rental income stream.

Pick one.

.… Then, after you go through the entire purchasing and set up process, you end up with something that costs you more than what you were promised in the ad, begging the question, did I pick the right company?

I don't have the link, but someone sent me an example of a porn star trying to pick (what she called) her "profile picture," - nope!

I've been an active in the stock and futures (commodities) for many years and what I learned there helped a lot in analyzing /picking  REIT's. 

What zip did you pick this one up in?

I am getting ready to purchase my first property, If I picked out a property that would need some work done, Would applying for a bank line of credit be helpful?

I just picked up a 4,200 sq ft 3-family in an appreciating area in Boston that needed no rehab for $800k.