After choosing your contractor, have a plan B, and plan C.

There are lots of different options out there so I'd narrow it down to a couple depending on the features you want to prioritize (could be online rent collection, tenant screening, accounting, etc).

That way you can narrow it down.   

Hello, Bigger pocket members.I'm currently looking for my first multifamily investment property in or near LA county in California.There is a vast amount of places to invest and wanted to start narrowing down on some hot counties/cities near LA county to start running the numbers on and do my first real estate investment.The expected outcome of the post*Narrow down on potential cities that you preferer and recommend to a starter investor like myself.

Yea, but old house, I had to get furniture through the WINDOWS on 2nd and 3rd floor (stairways very narrow).  

The first step   I would suggest  is to get  prequalified,  in loan so you  narrow down what you can and will afford  in your marketplace. 

Thanks for brining that up; I do remember the average daily balance having some positive impact, but wasn't it a trivial amount over the life of the loan that it added up to shorten the mortgage by a month or two over the entire 30 years of the loan and that was with a narrow spread between the mortgage and HELOC rate? 

Narrow the neighborhood and type of property you believe in.

With all the information out there we need to start to narrow down and take actionable steps. 

Once you find the strategy, pinpoint a Crystal Clear Criteria for the properties you are looking to purchase and it will narrow down what you look at.