We have previously only done single family ground up builds but are looking to pivot to multifamily.

Lower end of capital and not eager for a money grab but still wanting to build capital and start this journey for my family and I. 

Chris’ recent trip to IMN’s Build for Rent conference unexpectedly brought Chris back not only to his early real estate days, but also his high school days.

Because you simply can't afford to build product to rent for $1000/month)In a rational and well-educated environment, investors are willing to deploy at 5% cap for such fundamentals.

If we want properties to cash flow to help build some retirement and possibly find a retirement in 8 years ( meaning, quitting our 9-5 in 8 years), is it too late? 

It's a little pricey, but it's been my API of choice thus far.Once you get an API key, you can use their documentation page to test out the API (or just use Postman) before building out any scripts or apps.I had the same objective as you and have found Rentcast to be a good solution.

But as you journey through life building a family, starting a business and acquiring wealth it is ok to have a list of things that you should not have to do and it is ok to pay someone else to do it. 

I think house hacking is the easiest way to build wealth over time and I would hate to see you get burned out on a riskier investing strategy before you get started

Once the capitol is back on our side we can look into buy & hold rental properties and building a solid portfolio. 

Myself and a few partners (GP Team) have identified a medical office building that checks most of the boxes.