Hi @Jackson Gockman  - I was in your shoes a few years ago and I commend you for what you are doing! 

I'm confident that most investors with reps can say the same and it all comes down to what makes a deal a win for the individual investor.

See what kind of marketing they do in West Hollywood.That city has a rep.

What I would do in your shoes: Identify some on-market Class B properties based on your knowledge of the area.

Put yourself in their shoes and see if moving due to a $200/mo increase is worth it.

Local REIA events --> Get investor referrals (these will also have local lender reps and you can ask for referrals from them as well)

My family owns some properties and some were aimed at renting to college students and there were never any problems minus the carpet getting trashed because of heavy shoe traffic) but college students typically rented for years at a time and we had better experiences renting to them as opposed to non-college students. 2.

The mortgage rep knew all the facts up front. 

I am a 100% disabled veteran ..a  US Army Vietnam Era Veteran, I am  sharing this  info to give you additional info in case u can use this info to give me additional advice or strategy how I can Strategy #1: start out with 3-4 MF in Ohio maybeStrategy #2: Look into specializing   on Commercial MF investing using creative financing & syndication to help me open doors into 40-60 unit MF possibly in NYC or another city after doing the research into the best city that will match my goals of $5k minimum form monthly rentals QUESTIONMy 2 questions:1)  is it really possible for me a 68 senior ME to purchase a large 40-100 unit MF using creative financing & creating a  syndication of investors to get NYC property under contract or another city that will match my goals and giving me a percentage of equity in property without using any of my own money 2) if you were in my shoes with no experience in  large commercial MF rentals investing or creative financing or putting together a syndication of investors 😤 what's steps would you take to make this happen and minimize costly mistakes

Before you hire a PM, I believe everyone should self manage their first few - it is a valuable experience, before you manage a manager, you have walked in those shoes, you know how hard it can be.