I'm limiting my searches to duplexes for the time being, but once I get my own living situation figured out, I will hopefully start looking into private money investing.

Hi Amy, just sent you a private message

As I look around on BP, and listen to podcasts, I hear a lot about private lenders and hard money lenders.

The main two things to get from a professional you might hire is:1. 

If I do any purchases without any of my own money, I use private investors to provide the funds.

It's been great connecting with other investors and professionals in the area to share stories, trade notes and recommendations, and even find deals and partnerships.I post the event to the BP events section every month, but feel free to reach out with any questions. 

The thing is, in the small multi space you simply cannot afford management, and definitely not professional management. 

Hi Mike, we run Brew City REI, a private club of over 1500 other local active investors sharing knowledge, contractors, deals, and money sources.

what I find very unique right now Ned is the amount of HML or private money companies led by large hedgefunds investing in these HML companies have driven these private rates down to 10% apr or less.. so to only have about a 4% spread between bank money and HML is quite unique in my experience over the decades.. other than the high interest mid 80s anomaly.. 

And the contacts I would make during these seminars would be absolutely invaluable.As for which seminar program to attend, there's only one hard-hitting, serious choice for committed professionals, but I can't say what it is here, or I might be accused to promoting a specific product or brand of seminars.