It is a TurnKey mixed use building with 1 commercial unit with USPS as the tenant since 2008, and 3 apartments filled with long term tenants.

Professional investors do this by sending thousands of mailers to distressed property owners, or building local "We Buy Houses for Cash" websites that rank well locally in search results. 

Build Your Team6.

Retail in the sense that it’s your standard building with parking lot and retail tenants. 

I can learn how to put in meter bases and multiple circuit boxes in my building and learn how to do it, for a $500 consultation fee plus parts.

Even if you decide the East Coast is the place for you, as @Russell Brazil has stated, the appreciation of the property of the long run should continue you to build wealth for you.

Hi Everyone,I purchased a single-family home in Erie, Pennsylvania and I recently had a property surveyor come and mark the property lines to build a privacy fence.

You have no experience but want to build 9 houses, hmmm this will not end well. 

Developers and construction companies have adapted their strategies (Build for Rent), embracing innovation (light gauge steel construction) and diversification (new product types) to meet changing consumer needs and market demands.

Over time, your mortgage payments will consist of less interest and more principal, which means more of your payment is going towards building equity.