I just saw this article and thought it might be of interest to the community:https://www.engadget.com/amazon-alexa-residential-smart-home-apartments-162801943.html"Amazon wants to make it easier to have a smart home without actually owning a home.

:  As I have stated before it takes three things to get wealthy and they aren't (hard work and being smart).A. 

I started with very little money and like you, trying to be as smart as possible with what I do have.

Smart buyers know they have negotiating power in this market.

You can either do what everyone here tells you.. target anyone and everyone blindly, without logic, common sense, strategy or intelligence and keep pestering thousands of people for just one deal... or be like an engineer, scientist.. or a smart person in general...Isolate the right audience, and then approach that RIGHT audience with the RIGHT message.Logic no?

It sounds like a smart decision to make.

Would it be smart until I have an LTV under 80% so I can refinance and get another duplex under an FHA loan in a few years?  

Super smart of you for taking advantage of the lower-priced real estate in PA, getting started in Los Angeles would be quite a bit more challenging, and grateful I did not need to conquer it.If you can handle it, seems like rent by the room is the way to go.

The smart and safe route seems to be pushing-off any major REI investments to help navigate these uncertain times.

I've been thinking about what the best way would be to launch my startup in the greater Pittsburgh area so I thought why not just ask as I know there are a lot of very smart and creative people here.I launched DirectSubs in Philadelphia a couple years back, it connects real estate investors with local contractors for their flips, rentals, renovations and new construction projects.