My recommendation is to search for a software that will assist you throughout your search for tenants.

I have properties in and around Lakeland and always searching for me. 

We are currently stationed in Alexandria, VA; but are focusing our search for new multi-family opportunities in the Norfolk area, as we are familiar with the community and plan to return there.

Those who are computer or device savvy can go view direct or call whoever to open the door since everyone has the same tool to search for properties and find out recorded data.

(dug up all this with a quick google search) and it was last purchased for $1.45 million. 

Write up a "purchase agreement" that states I intend to purchase the property as long as the home inspection, the title work, and lien search all come back clean.

@Julio VelazquezThere are many ways to find local real estate investing networking events in NYC.You can search through BP's events section or look for groups on meetup.com

I read everything I could on BiggerPockets on syndications (including such articles as "The Compelling Tax Benefits of Real Estate Syndication") and searched on the wide web and nothing even hints at how a cash distribution (what I often hear referred to as a "dividend") is anything but taxable income like you'd get on a 1099-INT or 1099-DIV.So what is a distribution if it's so independent of the taxable income? 

I searched the forums and the newest post I could find was over a year old. 

I am having trouble starting a good system for search criteria for cities to invest in, some say look at jobs, others say schools and the list goes on.