From speaking with another (actual) investor, I learned that this group operated heavily in the Stockton and Sacramento area.Bottom line: if you come across someone who tells you that you have to pay to learn from them, I would suggest to continue looking - it is possible that you may learn something from the "education," but, in higher likelihood, you'd only end up deeper in debt, or worse, in a bad RE deal that they could not find anyone else to sell to.There are plenty of honest people still around, many are successful and some of those have blogs and podcasts that you can learn from for free (although, they still seem to have something to sell you, but it is a fair trade off.)

Suggestion:  Try using the BP Calculator to get an accurate assessment of cash-flow. 

I'm only providing suggestions, not legal advice.Good Luck!

We're on a slab so this could be very costly.Any other suggestions are welcome!

@Devon Craychee we will all have opinions on what is the best method to having more investment properties but my suggestions are two fold:Cash is STILL King - once you spend your cash, it's really hard to get it back.  

Even with a "manual underwrite" as suggested above, that is only for those federal loans and it would be very difficult to gain approval.  

Any suggestions for companies in Tampa, FL? 

I'm not suggesting I can purchase it for 50K, I was just floating the notion starting with that figure and going up from there if that would be crazy.

I have 1 rental property and working on another one. recently started an LLC. what a gathered through bp/podcast. the benefits for an LLC is taxes. saying if you made $100, you spent $50 on expenses, you as the person would get taxed for the whole $100. now say you have an LLC. you made $100 and had $50 in expenses. you are taxed the remaining amount which in this case is $50. in regards to adding a property under an LLC. through a few podcast. they talked about having different LLC with each partner. so unless you want to share the pot of your first rental with your new partner, I suggest making one.

If you are looking for a one stop shop in KC I would suggest USREEB and @Sean Tarpenning is the owner.