Madison has one that meets twice a month which you could check out at www.madisonreia.com  They have about 60 investors meet at any given meeting and typically about 10 brand new investors will peek their head in each month.

Here are my thoughts based on some avg #s$1980/2 = $495/mo x 4 units1 bed/1 bath units typically rent around $400/mo so my initial thoughts are how did they get almost $500/mo for these.Lets say you get $450/mo x 4 = $1800/moProperty Management - $180Taxes - $200Insurance - $100Water/trash - $200Vacancy - $180Repairs - $180Cap Ex - $100Total expenses -  $1140/moThat leaves you with about $660/mo before any mortgage etc....

Especially the 2 bedroom for $900I typically prefer guage using rentometer, fyi

Understand the principles of real estate and look for value changes in the property, market and use or utility of the property. 

I am fairly new to this and have not ran into this, so was more interested in what was typical.

@Matthew CarducciVA loans are typically only available to owner-occupants and that means that it is probably not an option for you.

From my experience ARMs typically adjust annually or semiannually so you get a fixed rate (often lower than 15 or 30 fixed) for that period of time.

Hello, I do not know of any but there are really only a couple documents you need on a typical buy or sell.

Property has been vacant 3 months and there is no utilities turned on property.  

Rental Agreement + Option to Purchase AgreementRental Agreement: a typical lease agreement with the total amount of rentOption to Purchase Agreement: this includes all the terms of the Lease Option such as Final Purchase Price, NROC (see below for more details), and how much of the rent will be credited back as rent credits (I typically charge above market rents and use that extra amount as rent credits).I have the Tenant-Buyer sign both of these docs and pay me the Non-Refundable Option Consideration (NROC).