I've been dragging my feet searching for places myself for about a year and a half, and am finally realizing that the next steps are to find a realtor and lender. 

You could always search a source like Angie's List, Porch, or Houzz.

Chapt 2-1I was curious and only briefly searched and I am not affiliated with the Army (just a wierdo that likes looking up laws).Looks like it is prohibited as a conflict of interest.

Understand that we will be more "high maintenance" during our search because we will likely want to look at more properties in a day and for many days.

I'll continue searching through the BP resources, but will appreciate any suggestions on where to start!

So my idea is to search and find these somewhat worn houses and apply to buy for around $500-$1,000 and get the deeds and then turn around and sell it to one of those "We Buy Houses For Cash" businesses.

I was searching new area and came accross a town called Ruskin Fl near to Riverview.

You can search around and see if you can find their phone number, if you can not find their phone number I would send them a letter.

Looking for some help in my search to purchase a small multi-family as my first investment property :)Thanks in advance!

I live in the bay area and will be investing out of state (OOS), I know by reading in the forum that Midwest is the place to go, I originally planned to go to Indianapolis however the multi family houses that I encountered are on the older side as such will have a higher cost of maintenance, the realtor I am working with setup my automated search in the 46201, 203, 205 ranging in the $120 - 190K range.