GOAL: Higher cash flowSCENARIO 1: I have (2) 4-Family Properties.

Unless your goal is to teach, being educated without taking action is not going to get you very far.Champaign is a city with great investing dynamics - the best thing to do is get started.Is there anything stopping you from going out and buying a property?

It's behooves the individual to really understand that there are a lot of conditional factors and risk weighting to be done, per individual goals, and per deal. 

The classes that are offered for that program look like they would be extremely beneficial to my goals.

Our goals at this time is to diversify our current investments with real estate and possibly build to a point where it could replace my wife’s income so she may have the option to retire early.

To your point, there are probably plenty of turnkeys that fit into your suspicions- bad rehabs, low-quality tenants, etc.

I typically tell sellers, “Hello I’m Andrew and I buy properties and am looking to buy a property in your area and wanted to see if you’re home would be a fit for me to buy.

Please explain your answer, the goal is to create 100k into 500k the fastest way possible

Not sure how much down he needs or wants for his move goal. 

Our goal is to help you find desirable properties that rent above median rates at a discount price that will cash flow while appreciating and drawing in good tenants who take care of the property while paying the overhead and paying down the debt service.As far as technology goes, there is tons of information available to us as investors.