Can you guys give me any tips or ways to approach this?

@Alex Franks - Thank you for the tip!  

Just as a tip, if you don't get some of the responses you're looking for from your post and if you ever think about upgrading your account, with a pro account (and maybe the plus as well, not sure), you can search and connect with others in the BP community based on location like zip code or by proximity to where you are.

I also need a landscaper.

Any information, tips, and/or suggestions you may have regarding how to get "my feet off the ground and running" for lack of a better term, would be greatly appreciated. 

PM fee, and i would hire a property manager for college rentals. you are looking at about 10% so another 150 / month. so your cash is now 350 - 550. that's the only problem with condos, the HOA fee's, they usually eat up some of your profit. you would have had to hire landscaper and garbage removal, but it wouldn't cost you the same 260, probably 150. what about taxes ?

A great local agent and fellow investor who also helped me a lot is  @Paul Leason.There were also a handful of other Grand Rapids investors from BP who were extremely helpful with tips and advice.

Does anyone have any tips on  how to best farm an area from a distance?

Thanks for any tips or advice.

I am still tip toeing with crowdfunding.