Having narrowed my search area to a few cities, I am looking for investors or realtors willing to trade lunch for a few hours of their time showing and talking about these cities/counties:Kansas City - I'll be there on Tuesday February 3Metro St Louis (outside of St Louis city) - Wednesday February 4Wichita, KSSpringfield, MOCincinnati/Dayton, OHIndianapolis, INLouisville, KYOmaha, NEPlease PM me if you are have small multi-family experience you are interested in sharing.Thanks in advance.Ivan

I know exactly what I'm looking for and have already narrowed down my geographic area of interest.  

Just report on you schedule b, you will probably get a computer generated letter from irs asking why you did not report 1099 int with associated ein just write them back provide a copy of the schedule b, and explain it is a "disregarded entity " and the 1099 improperly used the ein instead of your ssn.  

I am in the process of trying to narrow down my niche so I can focus my attention accordingly. 

My advice to you is start narrowing down what you know you are not interested in.  

It'll be easier when you narrow down exactly what type of investing you want to lock into.

You need to hammer those numbers down to something much narrower before making a the final decision.Get your offer in there contingent on whatever allows you to back out if your research doesn't pan out.  

We have narrowed our search to Stockton, CA.

To do anything else is putting a band aid on it.

@Devin Berrian Unfortunately complete books written for the general public on the subject have been scarce since it is such a peculiarly narrow subject wrapped in legal voo doo.