Andrea,My corporate office in in Chicago and some of the 2-4 units right now offer a good price point and cash flow. 

Zillow's API is no longer offered (or they make it extremely hard to access these days - have had no luck finding an updated link/page for it), Redfin has broad-stroke CSVs you can download that only give 5-10 fields of info and not often at the metro area, you can't legally create a tool to crawl these websites...I'm looking for 1 (or a handful of sources) to pull together basic metrics at the metro/city level for US real estate.

I told them I didn't want to do the consortium deal, so they offered me another one where I would need to pay a 30k USD down payment and have an EIGHT PERCENT INTEREST RATE.

I like starting in the Midwest because it's affordable and offers good cash flow.

Easiest is offer cash for keys.

My $5000 cabinets turned into $3000-3500 cabinets doing this.With that said, offer the best pricing you can is extremely important.

Hello Anthony,I came across your post about long-term investment opportunities in Florida, and as a South Florida realtor and investor, I wanted to offer some friendly insights.

Sometimes, these deals may lack the margins necessary for a prudent investment.If you ever need assistance evaluating deals to determine their suitability for your investment goals, I'm more than willing to offer my expertise.

Some jurisdictions offer assistance for properties with historical significance or for certain types of renovations.I hope this gets sorted out for you in a positive way.

both are with eXp Realty and offer a ton of valuable free for content!