Im new to BP. I own a specialty finance company in South Florida but I have always had an interest of getting into the real estate market in some capacity. I want to connect with people that can help me learn how to e...

If you want to keep to the more sought after areas a good rule of thumb would be to keep north of I-40 and west of 77/I-235, plus Moore (add Norman if you're up for student rentals). 

I am looking to buy a multi-family there (couple of blocks west from Damen) and am collecting data to see what fellow investors are doing in that area.  

I have seen it hundreds of times... the desire for some reason to do real estate then buy the most challenging asset there is .. unless your in a market like So cal or west coast were you have a chance at apprecaitation then buying rentals is a fools errand..

Contractor world is the Wild West, especially CL guys.

Melbourne, West Melbourne and the beaches are all great, but they aren't as big as Palm Bay and they are more expensive.  

West of Claymont is North Wilmington Routes 92 and 202.

Can anyone recommend investor friendly lenders west of Boston?

You can also do a decent job with a large SFH near one of the west oakland bart stops, something a rougher area where you rent rooms on airbnb.

Account Closed  get your RE license so that when deals don't work for you   you can list them and sell them in this hot market.. most active realtors I know are killing it right now on the West coast.