I've read some articles and listened to some podcasts and I really want to just dive into something.

@Blaine Alger - I also read @Paul Moore's article, thanks for providing the link.

Google recent articles from Chicago Tribune, a UBS study, "AmazonHQ2-Considered", and density growth in the downtown that's only behind Seattle.

Interesting article of the domestic migration trends in 2018 with charts.As mortgage rates climb, affordability in the most expensive markets has suffered, driving more people to affordable, low-tax inland job centers in states like Florida, Texas and Tennessee.In the third quarter of 2018 people continued to move away from high-cost coastal markets like San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., in increasing numbers.

I came up with the questions after reading a few articles on tenant screenings and thought this may help.  

Just chiming in to say that a large group of the most active multifamily investors in Austin met up and discussed the article mentioned above: https://www.goodegginvestments.com/blog/buy-or-inv......and came away saying that, yes, it's useful to think about the buy-your-home vs. invest-the-same-amount-in-multifamily-syndication .

Next week we should have the appraisals back on a couple of finished projects, I will post a link in the comments for those articles.

Go to meet ups or use the search function on BP and the articles to on how to locate one and get one.5th lesson:-Pay it back.

I have not studied to much about real estate, I have read the Ultimate Beginners Guide by Bigger Pockets, side course with 6 lessons and about 10+ articles from bigger pockets so I have the general understand of everything.

There was an immediate response by the business who owned one of the buildings pictured in the news article and it sparked others to clean up as well.