Totally agree with @Paul Moore and I think Self Storage and Mobile Homes don't get the same attention as Apartments because people, in general, don't really understand the asset classes, unlike apartments everyone gets the concept rather quickly. 

I would love to receive advice from people about what to look for and not when crunching the numbers on a potential property.

They’re great people to have on your team.

What I did have was some knowledge, a little bit of experience, a business education, and what used to be called “common sense”.  

Nevertheless, I think if more people are talking about it, we can all work together to protect each other from any nefarious operations in our industry.

@Ned CareyThis right here - great point on registered agentHonestly (posted this prior) people 100% think they are more important than they really are and nobody cares who you are.

That can be the reason some people have differing opinions on how each group should operate in the real estate investment space.

I'm wondering at what point from a price perspective does it make sense to go with new vs used?

Look into areas where lots of people want to rent, with good schools and low crime.

However that is a long time to just wait, maybe get your RE license and help people buy and sell homes and mabye you'll realize its more fun than being a property manager.