Carl, you are in a great position to start investing, especially with your background in construction.

Ive got about 25 units in a small town in upstate NY. 

We have been house-hacking in a duplex.

If you are managing this yourself, you are off to a great start.

Hello,What areas in Greater Cleveland can you find single family homes built after 1950 or later that will make some Cash flow with section 8.

I'm in Tampa as well.

If market appreciates you can get a HELOC on it or cash out refi in a few years to scale faster.

I don't know any attorneys that will represent you in court on a document you draw up yourself. 

A perfect example of this is Detroit, where a friend of mine purchased 100 SFR in 2011 for $300k, or $3,000 per house.

So in this scenario you'd put up 15k plus closing costs.If you buy for cash and rehab for cash and then wait the seasoning period to refi, you do not have to put up anything, you are taking back.