go to lots and lots of meetups.2. talk to those HMLs and find out what their terms are.3. save up enough so that you have a down payment, reserves, and also enough in cash for the hold period. 

What types of properties are you trying to finance and in what markets?

My wife and I tend to look for Commercial buildings with a residential component to them.

Worth checking out for SFRs.Hadn't heard about them and looking for a place to refer our clients - thanks, will check them out. 

Quote from @V.G Jason: Brandon Turner's advice is old, outdated, and for the most part not relative to today's market.

Advertising (photos and listings.) turn over costs, snow removal, and those kind of things.

Close to University, hospitals and Waikīkī How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

You should bill them both for the damages, take pictures and go to court.

Also, the water could have entered from other areas and traveled along a beam and exited the kitchen ceiling.

I'm biased and can provide reasons and data to show that using an agent will protect you, get you more money, less stress and so on.The reality is you can do it yourself, but tenants generally don't cooperate with showings and that causes lots of problems for buyer to access the unit to show, inspections, appraisals etc.