It feels absolutely empowering to know that there are sooooo many like-minded individuals looking to secure their financial future in the art of real estate investing. 

Is anyone interested in meeting up as I am always trying to expand my RE Network to surround myself with like minded individuals physically closer to where I live

I would rather spend the relatively insignificant (in the grand scheme of things) money on the attorney to tell me I'm good to go, than have things go south a few years in and have regulatory authorities on your case.

I know you will have to work your way through 2-3 levels of customer service before you get to a person with some authority but I would start there.   

@Fahad Meer It can be tough when a lot of your tenants don't have bank accounts - interesting too in this day and age even if you are low-income individuals.

.- I sold my home on 1 lot and kept the vacant lot to sell individually.

.- I sold my home on 1 lot and kept the vacant lot to sell individually.

Any broker or individual investor who values a non-commercial asset using commercial metrics are only showing their ineptitude. 

To be successful with this, I want to focus on working with one individual/company at a time.

At a minimum, you need to verify their identity and their criminal record.I generally combine their income to meet my standard of 3x the rent but if there are three or more unrelated people renting together than I require each individual to make a minimum 2x the rent.