I need to get educated in this area and learn from all of you experts how to get started.  

When you do, their name appears in your post highlighted in blue and biggerpockets sends an email to us and we can know you are talking at us.Secondly, in my post I was warning you that folks would criticize you for your low returns not suggesting you change course. 

You've certainly come to the right place for connections and education!

Get on the podcasts and all the free educational resources we have and you'll do fine!

Jake and Gino, Old Capital and Kevin Bupp and that will lead you to other education sources.

With resources such as BiggerPockets at my disposal, I will continue to learn and expand my experience, while growing my business and hopefully helping others along the way.The local market has obviously changed a lot in the last 10+ years since I was flipping full time.

@Kenny Pyatt If you can change your plans and come to Knoxville next Tuesday Sept 13 you could network with many multifamily investors, brokers and property managers at the Knoxville Real Estate Investors Association - KnoxREIA.com - meeting. 

But contractors change all the time so do you due diligence.

That's certainly open to change but I've said all along that if I can find a good deal elsewhere, I'm not going to be deterred because of location.

They were a little young, but both were college-educated, well-spoken and very confident they would pass the background and income verification check.