Our best deal to date was from simply door knocking the houses around a project we were working on that we found on MLS.  

I'm planning on doing macroeconomic research on out of state areas with similar to larger populations until I pinpoint a couple of good markets where the cost to build new units far exceeds the cost to buy existing units so that I can focus on investing on these type of properties there.

I’ve never come across a larger gathering of like minded people who are all so willing to assist one another in every facet of business.

He wants to be out the door at closing with $75,000 in his pocket.

@Andrew Kasprzycki I think it would be better to purchase larger commercial/multi-family.

So, I urge you to be ready to be flexible and pivot: meaning if you find a good deal and you cash flow $200/door, don't be discouraged or assume its a terrible deal. 

I want to get my foot in the real estate investment door so bad. 

there is a saying "it is usually the last key on the ring that opens the door" so keep at it!

I have a question that I cant seem to find an answer to, so hoping someone here can point me the right direction. For years I have heard of investors raising capital, then leveraging it into a higher LOCAn example is ...

Another idea depending on the cash you have could be to invest big in a smaller cash flowing market and you can quickly have a larger amount of cash flow.