@Corey DuttonI think this piece from Fortune outlines the challenges many individual investors expected they would have with these properties: http://fortune.com/2015/09/25/housing-wall-street-investment/It would be nice if these units flowed back into the limited inventory market we're seeing.

Poor Performance Emergency Plan!

I don't recognize the company name, but it's possible I'll recognize the name of the individual.. 

After finding biggerpockets.com and reading about everyone's else's trials and tribulations I have decided to take my first step, I am joining this community of like minded individuals and excited to learn a lot.

The only CA people that invest in the Midwest are poor people that can't afford the CA market or ignorant people that can't figure that profit trumps "cash faux" or are too inexperienced that they can't figger how to leverage into this more profitable area.The best thing a newbie can do is understand what a MARKET is.

As people that depend largely on the poor to pay their rent (or section 8 which means you are beyond poor) proper adherence to the letter of the law in these matters is vital.

There are many factors that play on an individual's success, the one constant factor that is always present is education and not the crap gurus dish out but formal training.

Zillow has been making deals with individual MLS so data quality is not consistent between metros.I would use Realtor.com since they are linked to the MLS.

Your broker can be responsible for everything you do in real estate, even dealing as an individual for yourself!

Lots of pre 80's property which means aluminum wiring, galvanized pipe, and poor insulation.