If you're looking at multifamily hacking a 4 family with an FHA loan is a pretty cheap way to get your feet wet.

But if you have the capital/credit it may be worth getting your feet wet sooner vs. later. 

Print on a letterhead apply a wet signature and drop it in the mail. 

In talks with my mentor who has done this numerous times, as long as you are making the payments, the bank does not care who owns the property and will not call the note due.

I want people to be able to utilize my relationship building skills and my ability to get across from numerous people at one time.

It sounds like you have already gotten your feet wet!

Hey BP. Here's my situation right now. I have a condo that I got for 66.5k on 30yr VA mortgage. I fixed it up a bit and got it appraised for 110k and got a 30k HELOC. I'm now done with my renovations and doing another...

Many suggests cold calling, door knocking, and farming your base etc but after listening to numerous podcasts I'm hearing that door knocking and the "beggar" approach isn't necessary with proper marketing but that's where they left you hanging.

What the heck, you can always go do your own deals once you get your feet wet, and you might just make a life-long resource that will be a valuable part of your investing life!  

I can give you anecdotal evidence - there were numerous 1BRs that sold for below 100k around 2010, for example on Summer St and Glenbrook road.