There are a few big developments coming going up that will likely be new buil leased units.

Adding more curb appeal will make it look more beautiful and inviting.#2 Staging will help.

Figure out what a good price per unit is relative to the area and that will give you insight into if its a good deal or not.

It will enable you to continue living for free while your residents pay off your mortgage for you.There are several turnkey companies in the middle/southern part of the country where you can buy high quality single families for under 275k in landlord friendly states.

Got to give a shout out to a tax lien investor who had some random gmail address and went by the name Ben.So, one of the unique things about note investing is when you buy a pool of assets is sometimes a seller is closing out their fund and will include assets that have no value.

In Iowa the law was just passed that makes assigning contracts as a business model Illegal and the closing attorneys will not close those.This was a Wholetail deal  IE buy it trash it out and sell as is.

I keep in mind that everyone's situation and experience is different and their path will not be the same as yours. 

Going to go for 2 years and my starting salary will be around low 200s should I go all in with a 4 plex or just start with a duplex like you said to?

I know from experience that things will ALWAYS COME UP IN RENOVATIONS and it can honestly be hard to agree on the allocated time for some of these changes)- Plus many more items - it's easy to get out of control with contracts. 

They have a wholesalers package that they charge for but it will have all the information that you will need to wholesale correctly. https://hockertitle.com/