FHA made more sense to me at first (as I planned on living in one unit and renting the others out) but changing to a conventional loan immediately made me a more attractive buyer.

We are also interested in wholesaling and buy and hold; particularly attracted to investing in the DMV but open to other areas.

Conventional financing terms and rates are so attractive so naturally I focused on this first.

General legal advice, without getting in to specifics or without dealing with local laws would be attracting a lot of Newbees.

I know it would look better and might attract better rents.

When you are fortunate to have a long-term tenant move out, then you will need to plan on spending a chunk on a turnover to update the apartment to make it attractive enough to command market rent.Your vacancy rate will be the amount of time it takes you to get your unit ready.The politics in the area is rather anti-landlord.  

The predilection for greater amenities and community style living has made apartments more attractive than they have been to previous generations, so Millennials are increasingly swapping mortgages for leases.

I decided to go the route of beginning my own real estate investment company and take charge of my own wealth.I was attracted to bigger pockets to learn and colaborate with like minded individuals pursuing their dreams and goals.  

It seems so attractive, that I want to be a large percentage of our savings into the fund, since I have a hard time finding similar returns.

So all I am saying is buy in the best area you can, don't be attracted by high paper yields that may get you little in your jeans every week.