Acquiring an existing business is a very easy way to get into the game but make sure you understand all the risks and not take broker/owner's advice because they have a conflict of interest  - they want to sell you their business at the highest possible price.

However, if the agreed price is close to value, the appraiser will find comps that justify the purchase price as that is easy to do.So you can only expect the appraiser to save you from grossly over paying for the property. 

Should be easy to find, just find other multis being built there, go to the planning office and ask who is on the permits.

No comments on this specific issue but reading your line : The neighborhood is now trendy and property values have skyrocketed and will continue to do so I imagine.Its easy to believe there will also be future growth and then the market shifts, neighborhood etc.  

The Register of Deeds said it's super easy and need to get a Deed, and another form but "arent allowed" to tell me exact forms. she did say fo ro Staples, they have the forms I need.

It was a terrible experience, which I  now realize that I am not over yet even though it has been many years ago.So I started a software company for property management to make it easy for landlords to manage their own units.

. :)  ( just kidding) if it was easy everyone would buy apartments starting out.

Less paperwork than a mortgage and it was an easy process.

This is easy to calculate. 

Whereas before finding 12-cap properties was easy, the same properties are now 7-8 cap.