I'm working on it  =)As far as RE investing goes, the financial part of it is super important, but not as important as the MARKETING element - how you FIND motivated sellers.  

Since your interest lies with multifamily units, I added the below links for your review.https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/04/09/how-to-buy-a-small-multifamily-property/ (How to buy a smail multifamily property)http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/07/19/how-to-buy-a-duplex/ (guide to buying a duplex) https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/11/16/how-to-choose-areas-multifamily-deals/ (Choosing multi-family deals)To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.

Some of the gurus had an education element and combined it with some sort of real estate service.

I've heard a alphabetical ranking system used to describe neighborhoods, I'm not familiar with the scale so I'll just say the neighborhood is middle class.Hopefully this helps.

Within the bounds of your state/city/county's laws, of course.There are many subjective elements to real estate investing, but this is an example of a cut and dry win for the landlord.

Seattle market has been ranked in top 10 for real estate investing.

Bloomington, IN (IU) is ranked consistently as one of the prettiest campuses in the nation.

If it were as easy as hiring some college student to watch some videos and implement what's in them, we would all have websites ranked on the first page of Google.Ranking on the first page for competitive terms in this niche takes lots of time and money, so let me set your expectations now rather than after you have sunk $5,000 into this kids pocket.Right on their website (OnCarrot) there is a guys testimonial stating he spent $7k on SEO. 

Here are the LOC terms- -0.5% Origination fee -Similar rate with the refinance (first 3 months interest only) -First ranking mortgager of real estate and assignment of lease and rents on each property financed in this programWe are considering this option as we are planning to obtain more properties to reach our 40 doors goal in the next 4 yrs.

But, Rehabbing properties are a key element to my strategy.