Quote from @David Young: My wife and I are new to this and are saving for our first property our goal is to start looking for properties in November 25, we have a couple questions, would it be wise to invest out of state for our first time investment (we do plan on physically going to see the properties to potentially invest in) ? 

What's the typical going rate? 

My first one for a while was indicating he was going to catch me in RE value and his projectory was that he would, but his last transaction was not a hold. 

Our names go on title and our loans have the real estate as collateral so they are “secured loans.”  

Seems like the Roth is the way to go - I want to choose the right partner!

And sure enough, they're not the same thing.Adding an extra layer of getting a document signed outside of Airbnb or VRBO is just going to create headaches.

Acquiring Clients: For those who’ve raised capital successfully and built a strong network of clients, how did you go about finding and nurturing those relationships?

How would you guys go about figuring out what’s what without making 1000 trips down there to drive around every neighborhood.

Quote from @Chantel Holsather: I am always an advocate if you can fix up a property to make it more marketable, that is really the way to go.

There are many ways to go about this, but one of the cheapest is to look on Google maps for buildings that look like 4-plexes.