Is it best to start with a owner occupied property (duplex) or is it possible to buy a rental property and still be able to buy a home for myself by March?

Possibly St Louis.

My question here is, is it possible to raise private money and syndicate that money into a legal entity that would then join as a member of a separate LLC for the purpose of contributing capital to fund new construction?

This deal looks like either a no cash flow deal or possibly a negative (because I don't think you will get 4% loan on an investment property).  

Hi there everyoneI am visiting Nashville during labor day weekend and was thinking to meet up with a local investor friendly realtor to get an idea about the market and start process of possible future investment.

When you start using the 100K in savings replace it as much as possible with rental income.  

I am looking to learn more about investing in residential and possibly commercial real estate.

As far as end goal is concerned I would like to have 10 rental properties by the time I am 35 and a decent enough understanding of the industry to possibly start my own property management business.

If these kinds of things are going to affect your decisions, you should probably skip out on the social media check altogether.Screening tenants as thoroughly as possible is simply good business.

I've thought about getting in touch with rescue and similar groups to contact the HOA to show the statistics and data on dog aggression and bites and possibly bring some such "bombproof" dogs by for a visit.