I reached out to realtors in my target area, & they set me to receive emails when multi-family homes in my target price show up on the market. 

If you're looking for a reliable property manager in the area, I recommend reaching out to Jason Giomboni Team, who have a strong reputation for excellent service.

This is a "hire someone" but getting someone to look at it before we need to put in an offer is tough in the local market and the contractor we usually use is unavailable do to family issues for the next two weeks.  2) Will it matter which direction the new stairs would run up the second floor in regards to the direction the joists run? 

I'd say consider starting with one property for starters, thoroughly researching the market you choose to be on and build a strong team before diving into multiple properties.

Yep 😃 it’s usually 10-20% 👍🏽I just gave a family in Tennesee one today and I’m in Illinois.

I have a lot of experience in single-family and  large apartment communities and syndications.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

I am looking to purchase a single family short term rental and put in LLC.

If you are looking for something with a little less risk I would say that either a house hack (where you live in one unit and out the other(s)) or a single family rental would be a good place to start.

I have a goal to post at least once a week to get to know you guys as well as make sure I'm consistently learning from people who are smarter than me :)When I started reading and learning about REI I felt pretty strongly about hiring a PM.