These PML relationships are always useful, especially if you are planning to acquire 10 SFR in the next 5 years.

As a millennial, most of the people I know waited to purchase a house when they had a steady relationship. 

In some states community owners have the right to reject payments from parties they have no contractural relationship with.Some things will vary from community to community.

If not depending on what your situation is & your relationship with the seller you may be able to hold off on writing the offer until at least 30 days have passed from the notice. 

Build your network of investors, your team of professionals, and leverage relationships.  

Micheal this question can only be answered by the relationship that you have with your investors.

And I definitely do want to build great REI business relationships in the area, although I suspect I won't be doing flips for some time. :-)

Baffles me.Who else would break in, trash their former partner's possessions, write relationship-related epithets in black marker, etc.?

I ideally I would love to get 50-100 doors with a few investors who would like to build a great relationship based on trust, commitment and personal growth.

Honestly I have seen several Multi fam investors look more seriously at Mesa because the cash flow but yes like you said the purchase prices have gone up considerably, you really should just focus on building a few great relationships with wholesalers that come across the types of properties your looking for. also Garfield has quite a few multi family properties and the prices on those are pretty low in my opinion, I'm picking up a duplex there this this coming month.