The cities we focused on for a variety of reasons were Houston, Cleveland,Columbus, Memphis, Indianapolis, Detroit. 

My choices depend on a variety of factors such as market fundamentals, job growth, demographics, what can residents pay for rent based on their median income and much more.I, for one, don't invest in areas with a population less than 250K and we're about to raise that number soon.

Autodesk (industry leader) has a variety of software products. 

@Don Konipol from my understanding, Bigger Pockets is a community with a wide variety of knowledge and skill sets.

I've used a variety of deal analysis calculators and many of them include CapEx estimates/reserves in the 'Expenses' category, like this:Income - Expenses (including CapEx estimates) = NOIBut shouldn't CapEx estimates/reserves be factored in after NOI is calculated?

@Brenden Mitchum I moved to Atlanta to stay with my girlfriend who is an Architect, I have a degree in Aerospace and Atlanta provides a great variety of options for me on that front, it is just a coincidence that my investing strategy is MF.

I will be looking to invest $200-300K into a multi-family deal at that time and I am open to a variety of deals to include 5 units and up.

But you'll find a variety of every type of investor on the site, and everyone is amazingly helpful.

The great thing is that BP has a variety of experienced folks who have done all kinds of deals, and post articles, and educate us through podcasts. 

An individual with money to lend can lend it through a wide variety of hard money lenders and earn 10 to 12 percent, so the private lender "happy" with 6% on his money, as told by real estate gurus are far and few between, if they exist at all.