My wife and I plan on making an investigative trip to Phoenix and Las Vegas.

You say = "I’m a winner and need the opportunity to succeed""    I suggest you take that pitch to Vegas and see if any of the Casino's will stake your play...

What's included in this package is connections to lenders and investors, mentors, some sort of boots on the ground in 4 weeks, a expo in Las Vegas and access to tools on their website.

Texas went up a bit but nothing like double.. and with sky rocket high taxs I say  PHX  VEgas Atl were much better plays for SFR than TEXAS at that time.I had clients that bought some of the development we developed in Oregon and southern WA just like your saying they got in on a lotto and bought new houses for rentals.. they also were buying OLD 4 plexs in PHX  for 350k each...

Our home market is Southern Utah and more recently Las Vegas. 

Greetings Edita;I'm confused: your profile location says Las Vegas - but your post says "(native for San Diego Area!).

All of the above make oil a great place to place your bets Vegas style.

My thought is to get a property management company, in hopes of having to do ... well ... as close to nothing as possible :) I'd take all your money to Vegas and put it one spin of the wheel.

Looking at cost to build vs. purchase reminds me of Las Vegas post 2008.

I’m looking for experienced multifamily real estate investors in the Las Vegas Valley area to get their thoughts on the local market, and suggestions of a good property manager in the area that has experience managing properties above 50 units.