If you have general questions about local markets, investing styles on facing the challenges of being young in a cash business I'd be happy to discuss.

I want to start building a process of establishing strong relationships with property management companies in DFW and wanted to make sure they are good.https://reviews.birdeye.com/oneprop-782596672Thanks,

http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Palm-Beach-Gardens-FL/46852523_zpid/53788_rid/150000-150000_price/532-532_mp/any_days/globalrelevanceex_sort/26.940282,-80.014973,26.773047,-80.330143_rect/11_zm/The same style unit in the community recently sold for 205,000 completely updated.

Lots of great connections all over but we also have a very strong and active contingent here in MA on here so make sure to find them (Set up some keyword alerts to find out about local topics) and get connected.Besides doing that on here make sure to get out to some of the many local investor events we have.  

@Jay Turner My first question in this is how strong the comps are.

Thank you so much for the reply @Brie Schmidt :) I'm in Canada so I think the downpayment rules are slightly different. 5% is definitely ok for owner occupied but I'm reading that 20% may only be available for up to 4 units on a strong application.

I am strongly considering opening a Self Administered, Self Directed i401k so that one of the investment vehicles can be - you guessed it - real estate notes and mortgages.With that said, I don't want to preclude myself from having a brokerage account to hold cash and hopefully earn some money in the stock market when I don't have the money lent in real estate.My question is this:  Do the brokerages (IE: Fidelity, etc), understand this arrangement?  

I strongly encourage not advertising how much money you have on an open thread like this as most people are honest with good intentions but you never know. 

I want to be able to build a strong foundation, and fully understand every aspect of this business.

So if thats your style, or steez, as well let me know.