@Vijaianand Thirunageswaram thank you for your confirmation of the material prices being a driving cost factor at the moment.

I'd suggest starting out by driving for dollars.

So out of pure embarrassment I started to learn what it meant to run a real estate business.These thing are the best things I learned. 1) I'm doing this to improve my life and the lives of others2) These people are my clients not my family or my friends3) If I don't quit loosing money get out and leave it to others.4) This is way too easy to be hard.My first situation was rent collection. driving hours every month to collect rent, sometime 2 and 3 times just to find no one home.

@Forrest FaulconerTake a drive through Philly or any major city for that matter and you will see plenty of available and cheap housing.

Parking will be 100x easier for you if you plan on driving anywhere and you may get better bang for your buck/better neighborhood class.

Here's the problem... 1) I can not offer on publicly listed properties without proof of funds2) I do not want to promise a homeowner of an off market property the world and not be able to follow through3) I have had challenges finding a partner willing to take a risk on me (someone with little experience, some knowledge, & a lot of drive) without a dealI feel like in order to attract an equity investor with my level of experience, I need a deal with so much margin they would be crazy to say no.

I was just thinking about this today as I was driving home: the federal government has implemented an evection freeze in effect until December 31, 2020 for all tenants claiming to be adversely affected by COVID-19.

This drives me crazy.  

Currently driving for dollars throughout the whole area and would like to narrow it down a little bit and avoid the not so great areas.Thanks for taking the time reading my post and looking forward to networking and growing with everyone.

Good example, I had a slight pricing and supply chain issue on some needed materials, I could have thrown $ at the problem but instead I made some calls and I bought a partial rail car of the material, lined up my own motor carrier, was able to cut 2 middle-men out of logistical chain, 1 1/2hr drive to rail yard to personally supervise and we got out materials, faster than anyone could deliver, for 30% discounting AFTER all associated costs.