RICH is a non-profit real estate investors trade association.

An associate of mine made a lot of money buying houses from the farm association in FL and renting them to section 8.

I am sure your previous investing gives you a nice head start.

Mortgage Brokers also have access to hard money lenders and may be able to tap into those resources as well and may be able to help you identify a few hard money lenders that you can contact.5.REIA – Your local real estate investment association (REIA) is an excellent place to grow your real estate investing business.

My head is spinning with all of the information.

So you have a nice head start, then you slam the remaining balance with the cash flow from 17 properties plus the money you had been setting aside for acquisition.

I still have a LOT of reading to do to figure out what I'm doing before I dive in head first, not to mention saving up for a down payment.

Lastly, besides rent, what other expenses are associated with a multi-family home?

There is allot of untapped potential and working class families need a place to lay their head too.

Also do you know of or are you involved in any Real Estate Investing Associations in the area?