The word "felon" strikes fear in every property management company I deal with.

I am looking for a realtor who deals with properties in the greater Boston area (Massachusetts).Ideally, I would like to look for someone with experience dealing with investors and who specializes in Multi-Families.

But, it seems to me that in an ideal world, I would try to line up a number of cash buyers that are eagerly looking for deals in my area before I even start to get seller leads.  

Ideally you would make your offer contingent upon the seller receiving a zoning variance.

Even listening to your criteria, your idea of a deal, and my ideal of a deal could be completely different.

Ideally, I'd like to merge my interest in practicing law with my passion for investing but I'm completely aware that this might prove to be more difficult of a task than it's worth.

Ideally I would like to find a local attorney that is also a active real estate investor in the area.

The skills I would like to learn are primarily 1) what kinds of prices are reasonable for rehab and repairs…this would help me as I am evaluating properies for a rental portfolio and serve as a valuable guide as I deal with a property manager  2) I would like to learn a little about tenant screening 3) I would like to learn how to evaluate deals to know what is a good deal and what areas are attractive for investment.

That's ideal for a new investor because it allows you to live on one side and rent the other. 

In this scenario the ARV would need to be 80% purchase price + rehab - and ideally even a little more for some immediate cash-out.In the most-ideal scenario I'd use the LOC for 100% of the financing+rehab and the ARV would be high enough to pay it all back and still leave me in a 20% equity position when I refi'd with conventional financing.Is this a feasible scenario to get into cash-only properties?