Price range 100-150k seems to be the sweet spot.  

Whats your plan to get started & what areas/price range are your seeking?

Yes bigger pockets is a great place to start and you have unique skills as a Contractor It would be great to hear more about your plans perhaps we can connect sometime??

I am concentrating my efforts on full-time investing, with a mid-range goal of being able to replace my current 9-5 income with investment income.  

(Bonus – segment your database by city, timeframe, type or price range for better results.)9.)

As such, CMBS rates today are relatively high, with most full leverage loans in the 5.0% range as of this writing, when compared to other lending alternatives.

We do have a 0% down mortgage program for first time resident buyers (that can only be used once), but the property purchase limit is $200,000 and it is difficult to find multi-unit properties in this price range - unless they are in a C or even D area.

From this data, you can utilize a website bestplaces.net that will give you a breakdown of the percentage of homes that sold, in various price ranges, for a given zip code.

As I mention early in the book, the price ranges in the Estimating book are good for about 80-90% of the country, but certainly places like sourthern California are going to be above the high-point of the ranges. 

I've researched apartments.com and have called area apartments to determine rate ranges.