While not all do, there are plenty of multifamily syndications that provide Cash Flow from the beginning on a monthly or quarterly basis.

Find a good turnkey operator who has plenty of experience, knows their markets very well, and treats you extremely well as a client investor. 

So I facebook stalked her a bit and realized we went to the same church, I joined her bible class :) got to talk to her more, invited her to lunch.

Plenty of folks looking to buy or live in Black Rock, CT.  

Believe it or not I’ve seen it plenty of times with transactions here.

The church member who bugs you with the way they sing, who asks more questions than the police and who invites himself to things he is not invited to.

Yes plenty.

There was plenty of drama, children from broken homes, kids who did things that you'd expect in public school and so on.

Be active as best you can, invite friends, family, etc to like your page. 

I still do deals here in Maricopa County but our marketing dollars go a lot further in Cook County (Chicago), the sellers are extremely more motivated and the market is still in transition so in certain areas the deals are plentiful