a good team on the ground and a strong market will help success Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I tend to get more action and have more success if something is marketed at $775 instead of $800 or $1475 instead of $1500.

How are you finding deals, and what strategies are proving successful for you?

Also at the time i was worried about the 3.5% interest rates, so feel free to laugh at my stupidity there. 

I was hasty due to the higher mortgage rates, and it turned out to be a huge mistake.

What I have heard is the following:1) Banks willing to extend loans with the existing owner, hoping they can hold on until NOI goes up or interest rates come down2) Banks knowing a property is coming back so reaching out to a local broker to find a buyer with a pocket listing. 

If you but now, and rates go down you can refinance.If you buy now and rates go up, now you have a below market interest rate.Basically, whether rates go up or down in the future, the outcome of buying at the current interest rate is almost always going to have a positive outcome.

Price - $960,000Preferred Lender rate - 5%Rent per unit - $1,700-$1,800 (3 of the 4 units we had leased at close)Unit size - 3bed | 2.5 bath + garageFinancials - 25% down, 5% rate, monthly cash flow roughly $900 

I’m only 19 but I feel like if I can keep up this pace and keep up the motivation and I don’t get discouraged when contracts don’t work or buyers back out and just keep on pushing I’ll be successful in this.

Until you have experience in partnering with others on successful projects, I highly recommend working with your partner and an attorney to structure an appropriate, legal, and viable operating agreement, be it in context of an LLC or otherwise.