Ultimately my end goal is to own numerous properties and gain financial independence through the cash flow.

They're a lot more numerous and you might find more attractive numbers too - especially if you stay south of Boston.

One morning told my wife I want to start looking for multi unit properties and pulled up multilistring on the web, after a few minutes saw the property, saw the potential, did some light due diligence, called my realtor, walked it a day later, pulled up tax records, noticed owner behind on payments and it was distressed just enough to make it tough for him but perfect for me & rents were below market rate stress due to lack of improvements...bam!

You can also look up @Scott Carson's stuff all over the web.

The studies are available on the Form's web site, www.coloradohoaforum.com (lower right of home page). 

It's easy to get distracted by the numerous ways people make money in real estate, so find what really excites you first and learn all about it. 

She visits a doctor or counselor or an unscrupulous web site and claims she just can't live without an animal to help with her anxiety.

A few of the websites that I use are; https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/...www.bls.govwww.city-data.comThere are numerous posts here on BP that provide lists of cities that are considered some of the top cities for rental real estate investing.In fact there was recently one post that was started by Tom Otthttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/657...

Tavish, Similar to other replies it will range on the market, however, 6-10% is very normal and I'm definitely willing to pay 10% if they property manager does a good job.Unfortunately, sometimes you don't learn how good of a job the property manager is doing until they've actually started managing the property.Obviously, there are numerous connections through BP that will help you find the right property manager for your specific market.

If you don't qualify for conventional financing, but have cash for down payment, then there are numerous "business purpose" lenders out there that will help you with a no income verification loan, depending on credit, up to 80% loan to value.