We're ok to make longer term investments but ideally cashflowing a small amount now.

Each time they send me a video saying it’s working perfectly, and then a couple days or a week later I got a video from the tenant saying it is not working.

You have to have a lot more to be above average - indoor heated pool, more video games, other games - i.e. pool table, foosball, etc.., theater room - those kinds of things.  

.: 1) Hire a professional photographer 2) Rearrange your photo order 3) Use Zillow Video of the Apartment 4) Review your description 5) Renovate or stage the apartment (including a virtual stage) 6) Review how much you're renting it vs. what the market is offering.

It would be ideal if the current owner or his property mgr would handle this for you.I would also get a copy of the current lease for your records/review.You may want to discuss with a lawyer about what recourse you have with the seller.

Ideally we would like a conventional loan with a down payment of 5%.

Ideally I would want to be close to the first property I invest in because I think that would make for a better first experience and I think it’s safer but the properties in the Bay Area are just too expensive.

Also ideal for BRRR's.

I know where I want to buy the house the ideal location, and also the next area if the ideal doesn’t work out.I have also decided that I do want this to be a long-term rental for students in the college area and even for those in the medical center area.

A good video that was helpful to me starting out is: How to Analyze a Real Estate Market in 60 Minutes - Know More than a Local Expert - Neal Bawa… (BP frowns on link posting… so copy-paste in google, it should be 57 min long).For some other let’s say high level book on the “start-to-finish” for MF investing, helpful to me are:Wheelbarrow Profits by Jake and GinoMultifamily Millions by David LindahlEmerging Real Estate Markets by David LindahlCreative Cash by Bill Ham (helpful for ‘seller financing’ options)Once you get through the “philosophy” of these, some more “meat and potatoes” digging into the actual numbers and case studies:The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings by Steve BergesThe Complete Guide to Real Estate Finance for Investment Properties by Steve BergesYouTube has some good underwriting resources:Break Into CRE with Justin KivelThe Multifamily Show with James Eng at Old CapitalAdventures in CRE with Spencer BurtonBruce KirschLocal meetups… you’ll learn a lot from other investors in your market… an active local REIA is UCREIA (Upstate Carolina Real Estate Investors Association) they have a monthly main meeting and then various sub-groups that meet monthly as well.Ben Jones and Ivan Jenkins run Multifamily Investor Nation – Greenville, SC sub-group, they do a hybrid with in person and virtual together.