Go on ebay and get mixed lots for much, much cheaper.  

Not sure about multi family but there is a lot of regentrification going on in those areas, but it is still spotty and a mixed bag of tenants and populous.

He also said he could probably finance part of the deal along with a owner finance mix giving me the 100% finance so the owner could get some immediate money for his down payment.

I'm looking to join a real estate or gobundance-type mastermind for women or mixed group, I've got 20 years of on and off RE investing.  

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A mix of cash flow and equity in a stable market...

The second group is a mixed bag- they aren't planners, or something fell through, or they just weren't aware that they needed to be looking sooner. 

Tenant situations are always unnecessarily  complicated when statements like " I have a loyal tenant, "I have a good tenant" etc. are thrown into the mix.

The only advice I can give you is learn how to be a cable tech yourself, and make friends with the cable techs you see driving around in trucks.