We own a rental home in Texas where we might have ~$50K to $75K in equity.

I am have a small rental portfolio in Oregon.

interested in metrics like growth, rental rates, value forecast, etc.I have seen reventure, the bigger pockets "find markets" tool, bestplaces, and costar.

Case notes are available online. 

I'm a new real estate investor specializing in multifamily rental properties.

It's 24,000 rent comps from the last 1-2 years. https://www.addressincome.com/reno-rental-comps-map-level-up...

We dealt with rentals, flips, commercial, small apartment complex developments (~10 apartments), sport facilities, and a few government contracts.We are actually very open to different opportunities and investment approaches, but our plan was to start "smaller" with some cash deals in NJ (maybe somewhere in the area between Staten Island and Philadelphia, but staying in NJ), by flipping a few smaller properties and starting to generate some income.

This required previous rental property ownership history and a personal balance sheet the bank used to underwrite their risk.Due to these barriers to entry, I have been exploring a zoning change from B1-1 to RM 4.5 thinking the change will open up the pool of potential buyers with the ease of residential financing.

You do not want your rental properties taxed at a corporate rate. 

Also I saw online something about umbrella insurance?