Then find a brokerage that will provide a solid training program to get you started.

You will find a lot of solid advice from experienced investors and from professional advisors.

In the end, you are building a business that has assets (not consumer debt)... if you have solid cashflowing rentals, you are in a good position to continue to get lending.  

Pick a solid B-Class suburban area.

Solid block home.

@Max Pallatt there are quite a bit of solid multi family homes in and around Indy.

Developing that trust with someone you don't know may seem like a challenge, but if you approach it correctly, you should be able to achieve a pretty solid foundation of trust.The best way is to talk to others who have had an experience investing with the sponsor already.

I occasionally go to the Alamo REIA, it’s a big bigger and harder to meet folks because of the setting but it’s a solid group. 

I would take a couple thousand bucks and run a solid PPC campaign and get sellers calling you.

Pretty solid software.