No doubt, it's a risk tho..Naturally I would much prefer something with less overhead that performs well, and I'm willing to buy my way into an established market, but then I'm starting from scratch, and frankly despite having some reasonable tools at my discretion I don't really know how to data mine the entire US.Now that the dust is starting to settle after years of being in the trenches with this duplex, it's clear to really make money with this you have to have a portfolio, as I read in an article from this site, 1 or 2 rentals ain't gonna do it.

I don't believe that many people on this site have been in that much of a financial bind (after all, no one would ever invest in real estate with negative cash flow), so it's going to take some creative traditional and non-traditional methods.

I am going for a site visit this week and am wondering what other questions or info would be important to have or find out.

I visited the property the next day, submitted an offer, and it was accepted later that night.The purchase price was $170,000.

This is a fantastic site for networking and learning from other successful investors.  

I looked in spam and no login so I went to the site and used the forgot password button to be able to log in.

I fully intend to rent out several of the rooms, possibly in a Short Term situation through AirBnB type sites, some rooms to what I hope to be my daughters college friends that have Mom & Dad to foot the bill for them :) Aside from that using a small MultiFamily is a great idea as well as even doing a live in fix and flip, these are all ways to house hack and unless you just can't stomach having "roommates" or living next door to your tenants then I just can't see a downside. 

A lot of software will perform market syndication, which means that once you create your listing you can market it on major listing sites like Zumper.com, Rent.com, etc. with one click.

I don’t feel comfortable using the sites on google, when I search for hard money.

Hello and welcome to this site Nick!