Hi Beau, it sounds as though you guys are looking in a desired neighborhood as well. 

I also really like the idea of building a brand that you could sell.

@Albert Gallucci as many have pointed out, in the commercial space of 100+ apartment buildings and offices, property classes have some pretty decent industry standards.We started applying these to 1-4 unit properties around 10 years ago, which you can verify on our blogs, because we saw too many newbie investors not properly taking into account things like, neighborhood status, tenant pool, property condition, etc.Unfortunately, there's no industry standard for this, but you can use some basic logic to think your way through your own Classifications.

Im currently networking to partner up with a home builder here in Staten Island and build Semis on empty land.

But success depends on choosing the right cities and building an experienced and reliable local team.

@Ella Marie the Pro's are you can build long term wealth, the Cons are you can lose money if you cannot properly quantify risk.

Hello Trying to get back on the real estate investing space and build new connections that can help me to speed up the process.

It's all about the neighborhoods you are investing in.

I just started as a real estate agent and I am looking to build connections with investors.

I am looking at 1031 possibly or just fixed refi/or use my heloc for the time being on a value add for a building 10-40 units (market dependent on price).