I am eagerly looking for educational seminars and networking events in order to expand my knowledge before fully jumping on board into the Real Estate Investment world. 

Then compare the results from each against your local knowledge and against the county assessor/recorder records.

To me, if you have some money from your day job or some extra cash flow from other properties, it is okay if it gets a little less than 1%.Cheers!

The current Owner probably has no legal status to make a verbal promise to the tenants without your knowledge of it beforehand. 

In my humble opinion, I always believe that the time to buy real estate is NOW.... so long as you have the capital, basic knowledge, and contacts/resources to do so.

There is huge potential in clearing out the extra land that is currently forest and adding multiple apartment complexes but that isn't a project I feel like I am not ready for.

Make sure you have some extra $$ budgeted in for surprises...

$25k/year (maybe) means you have plenty of extra time.

I am going to continue to read real estate and investing books, read forums on Bigger Pockets, and listen to the podcasts for the rest of this year into 2019 to arm myself with knowledge to make the process easier come time to take action. 

My interests are in single family homes and multiple family homes that I hold for several years to get a solid ROI before really expanding my portfolio.I welcome your tips and tricks and look forward to learning more from each of you as I submerge myself in this bank of knowledge.