Welcome to Anywhereville, USA.Yes, lower priced housing tends to be in the not so nice areas, but that's not always the case.

That would certainly help vet the real investors from the scam artists and the liars.Yup fishing for private money on the internet is going to lead you squarly to all the scammers/ bad English/ just looking to rip you off or like you said all HAT no CATTLE.However we don't know what your offering.. private lenders that are real get pitched a lot of deals.. some how folks tend to think private lenders are happy with 6 to 8% or something less than hard money.. 

I have purchased buildings of this size (19 unit, 20 unit), and in my experience the better areas tend to have rents more in the 800-1200 range.

They tend to have the best rates.

Turns out interior designers don't tend to much care for deadlines.

HELOC's dont usually require cash reserves but there are some HELOC's that do.2) personal preference and goals - "begin with the end in mind,"3) active income versus passive income - the age old debate - again tend to your personal situation you know best what you need short term and long term.

We could share problems were running in to, specific things like how to talk to sellers, how to find buyers, etc.In addition to that, a lot of people would be going through similar struggles and overcoming them at the same time.I also think a lot of times that wholesalers are afraid to post on BP because they tend to get crucified in the comments. 

As for pets, if you don't accept pets they tend to just "find" a stray dog or cat and decide to keep it. 

I know queens student rentals tend to get pretty beat up for the most part, as for the paper work included, not positive how they write it (via separate contract?)

Some HOA's can have  TON of control of how you run it as a rental...... some limit the number of units in their building that can be rentals....have a say in who your tenant is...... forbid ArBNB..... dictate colors etc etc etc.....They don't tend to appreciate as much as a SFR and you give up some control and cash flow..... so it has to be the "right" condo to make it work.