I don’t know if the offering is good, bad, or ugly; I don’t know if the terms are fair to investors or not; I don’t know if excessive fees are involved (I’ve never seen a drilling partnership where they’re not).  

I appreciate it.The law says "A person may not make or knowingly allow a telephonic sales call to be made if such call involves an automated system for the selection or dialing of telephone numbers or the playing of a recorded message when a connection is completed to a number called without the prior express written consent of the called party."

Unfortuntaely people are sometimes too swayed by short term eye catching returns 

Need to be within couple of hours of Brooklyn to keep an eye on mom.I've recently built a "Tech Stack" for myself, that automates deal analysis, so my first contact with a deal is a preliminary deal assessment, containing all the information your agent would need to make an offer.

I don't have any properties besides my primary residence yet, however I've been keeping an eye on the market.

A lot of my conversations this year are going to involve "reliable rent > highest dollar". 

Wow, I can honestly say I've had a pretty similar Chicago landlord story, but it didn't involve anyone dying, but instead drugs and a fire.Is this a building that you own personally, @Elizabeth Pyle? 

You need to be involved 2-4 hours monthly at a minimum - maybe more depending on number of units, how spread out they are and specific circumstances.Also, understand you’re ALWAYS better off investing locally, where it’s easier to:Learn the marketNetwork to find dealsNetwork to find contractorsBe more hands-onDriveby property to keep tabs on itNetwork to find a decent Property Management Company (PMC)If you invest OOS, your biggest challenge won't be finding properties to meet your goals on paper, it’ll be successfully outsourcing all of the above.The biggest mistake we see OOS investors making in our market, over and over again, is not fully understanding Neighborhood/Property/Tenant Classes and how they impact your probability of success!

The other thing is there are probably just less eyes on it being over 4 units and commercial, but still small enough to not attract larger investors.

Since you’re in finance, a great first step might be to see if anyone at your workplace is involved in real estate investing.