You will have to engage and meet with local nearby civic associations and surrounding HOA's and adjacent property owners?

You could also ask a local lender to see if that particular condo association has been approved for conventional financing.

Take some real estate investing coureses at community colleges, local realtor association. 4.

etc.That might give you some good insight into the property and what it's future might look like as an investment property and if there are other costs associated with it (higher vacancy rate, longer time to fill tenant, eviction cost, etc) that you aren't accounting for.

South Jersey Real Estate Investment Association (SJREIA) is having a free Real Estate Investors Expo next Tuesday 8/16 in Cherry Hill at the Holiday Inn on Rt 70.  

I know a business associate that owns over 200 Cell Phone stores -- each is a separate LLC.

I know I can secure another 15k-20k from some close business and personal associates if I really needed it, is this enough to get started on deals in this range?  

Have seen a lot of colleagues use Mike Renz at Renz & Associates for these before purchasing Mobile Home Parks nationwide and does very high quality work.A Phase 1 will run you ~$2,000 and a Phase 2 would be $10,000+ and 90 days.  

Cody is actually making deals himself believe it or not in AZ - Yes i thought Cody was a weasel marketing scammer in the beginning but fact is, he is part of numerous REI associations, and has a office in AZ that pumps out everything from assignment contracts done by a few office admins, or if a deal is good enough, he has a few partners to assist him.  

REIA's (Real Estate Investing Associations)- Attend your local real estate investing association/club and find out who the cash buyers are there.