I cycled through several PMs before landing on my best current option, which is a husband & wife caretaking team that deals with my cleanings, takes care of my pool, handles emergency issues, puts out the trash on Sunday night, and sets up and waits with various contractors when things need to be dealt with.

Thank you for this information.  

An investor-friendly lender will help you devise a plan for savings and debt paydown.I'd also begin looking into which areas you'd like to invest in as well as strategies to utilize (i.e. househacking). 

I've been here since 2007 (but only started investing in SFH recently) and have definitely noticed that when I see a duplex, tri, quad, 8+ they all seem to be in rougher neighborhoods...that being said, I myself definitely want to find some and may end up relying on off-market deals to find what I want.Let me know if you learn anything new about multifamily here in Memphis, I'd love to understand it more as well!

Not sure if you're on Linkedin, but feel free to shoot me a connect on there, as well as one on here.Thanks again!

I would appreciate recommendations as well.

In your case, might as well just worry about it for next time 

But I wouldn't jump into a deal with people I don’t know well or here they are good—that’s not the best way to learn.Instead, I’ll take a different approach here.

Thanks guys, those were my thoughts as well.

. - Referrals and resources: Identifying an investment prospect is one thing, the due diligence, lending and team required to successfully close and mange it are another story.