The way I got started is I went out and found a deal that had high value-add(Large margin between acquisition and repair cost and ARV), the value in the deal made it easy to finance, I mentioned to everyone I knew what I was doing and let them know I have a deal I am trying to find a partner for and I found an investor rather easily because of the value in the deal, the deal attracts funding, get yourself a deal and  you will find an investor.

I will be looking into everything you mentioned!

Forgot to mention.....usually when zoning changes the “non conforming use” is grandfathered in with some restrictions.....if vacant for a certain amount of time or if destroyed, the exemption for being grandfathered in goes away.

@Youwei Chen You actually just mentioned a good way to identify your next target market.

When someone mentions your keyword you will get notified.

The only strategy I have seen so far, and I forget who provided it, was to try and clear as much debt as possible on single family homes and pre-qualify for HELOCs of other lines of credit to be able to start buying at the downside of the cycle.One person mentioned in a facebook group I am in, essentially, "don't worry about it, just hold everything tight and wait it out, it will correct itself."

Ask them if they can give you an average for a comparable building (same age, size, number of units).

Divide them up in various ways - by age of owner, length of ownership, presence of children, price range, equity, etc.

I am 22 years old and have been jumping from job to job the past couple of years not finding anything to my liking. i'm still trying to figure things out for myself but i know i want to be financially free by the age of 30 and i want to work for myself.

As @Steve Vaughan mentioned, you don’t get to write off immediately the $65k in renovations anyway.....it gets added to your $35 purchase to calculate yearly depreciation.