The good engineers are usually not cheap and are very busy.

I know he started poor growing up, made some cash in the stock market and that let him buy his first couple cheap houses in our city. 

Thx for the replies, with further investigation, the area I was looking  really isn't generating over 10% ROI...I was looking at Spokane and although prices are really cheap there, rents are very limited ...1 and 2 BR units only fetching 400-550.00 a month.

Then I noticed that based on the photos, it needed about $40k to do it right in rehab, $30k if you went on the cheap side.

Was on Zillow and saw some really cheap property in Michigan.

Cheap and near oil country, not a bad place to buy.

Neither of us are show offs, but we’re not cheap.

The rent from a roommate plus the other half covers the mortgage payment, making my cost of living cheap, while I get to learn about the market, practice making improvements to the property, and get experience managing tenants.  

There are some cheap deals in Trenton Nj 5 minutes from me across the river, rough neighborhoods, but deal for under 20k

Nothing will kill a persons opinion of a business this day in age like a non-existent or cheap looking website.