Start your real estate investment journey with Brandon Turner's "The Stack" method, starting with small multifamily properties and gradually moving to larger ones.

What’s the best way to get started using BiggerPockets?

Rented it for a few years then slowly started making updates to increase rent.

I have been self managing for years now, and I started out creating my own leases- I wasn't a realtor at the time.

Start operating in a market.

For restaurants, rent should ideally be under 10% of gross sales, so I believe $5,500 a month is fair.The seller doesn't have a rent roll or strong financials, and his tax returns are 50% lower than his claims.

That will give you a good baseline to start from.You can also use AirDNA by buying the specific area to drill down farther.Try https://www.awning.com/airbnb-estimator as well.

Since Indiana property taxes are collected in arrears, you already owe for a full year's increase BEFORE you see the increase and can inform your tenants.If my cash flow position was strong enough to suffer a tenant possibly leaving, I'd pass on the full increase ASAP. 

Go to meetups in your area and start making contacts.

If you know anything about building in Philly the plans and permits can be the hardest part of the project with it often taking many months to get everything in place just to be able to start construction.