@Melissa WilliamsonWelcome to Bigger Pockets.

The most important thing is networking, Bigger Pockets is great and there are a bunch of groups on Facebook I could recommend but, you need a local accountability and an REI meeting would be the best place to find good people and find someone to help find the information you need and someone(s) to be accountable to.

What it allows for is a No PMI loan with zero out of pocket for a owner occupied home up to a 4 unit multi family.  

I also think that those "outside factors you have no control over" that contribute to a neighborhood improving have been a guessing game, but are actually able to be tracked because of advances in technology over the past couple of years. 

The project has been going well.A couple months after closing on the 15 unit, the broker brought us a pocket listing that he had just come across.

Welcome to the game.

Usually for a year, is that part of your game plan? 

Hey Bigger Pockets Members,I am in Florida and today I meet someone who is motivated to sell their home.

@William Harnden Welcome to Bigger Pockets! 

I thought it was better to bring him in as a partner (with skin in the game as well not just sweat equity).