I just came across BiggerPockets after seeing several YouTube videos and listening to some starter Podcasts.

Hey all, wanted to share with everyone my experience purchasing my first multi-family and maybe help some people and also get some tips on how to improve the process going forward.

A good mastermind group- with several people that have a call in every few weeks to discuss issues with the facilitator, and then they meet up several times a year to do work in person would be a solid improvement to this segment of the business.

My strategy would be to let it cash flow initially for the next couple of years, and then if the area keeps developing, determine if its worth making substantial improvements to raise the rents significantly.There are definitely some risks with this property: many tenants are on short term leases; and there is the risk that the immediate surrounding area does not continue developing as it has over the past couple of years. 

Theoretically, this means improved real estate marketing performance and ROI.CurationCuration remains a popular trend, though its value may be suffering due to larger trends, and the obvious need for originality.CrowdfundingNot only is technology creating more efficiency in mortgage lending, it is spawning new financing models altogether.

@Jay Hinrichs it certainly seems like Longview has improved over the years.

So 1031 seems to be wise.But you've got the improvement costs to sell and you've got that pesky credit card debt that may not be too much but it's a drag on you. 

What steps can be taken to improve my buyers list?

Brandon Turner made an excellent video about LLC's - look it up on YouTube.

It was a great find... the rental income was lower than what we would want but because there was no improvement that had to be made, we were ok with the rental income being low.