Fortunately, I can rent the house out for $1,975 a month, which would lead to about $1,000 a month in cash flow. 

We were fortunate enough to negotiate a nice number, get it under contract and close quickly.

What relationships can I build first before I start looking and buying a house and doesn't cost me a fortune?

The area my wife is from became a mecca for Bay Area transplants and I only see it continuing because it's a great place to be and fortunately/unfortunately I still see plenty of room for growth based on buildable land, zoning, and water. 

Fortunately there are many options for local rapid charging.

Fortunately, I was able to get a great agent and lender through the recommendations and referrals on BP.

Just need all the ideas that I could get in this process of where to began and not costing a fortune to spend.  

and I am tired of making excuses to myself for why I haven't put all the knowledge that I have accrued listening to countless real estate related podcasts and audiobooks to use.It's time to make this happen.I feel fortunate to have found this site and expect anyone reading this post to hold me accountable for accomplishing my goals.

We have been fortunate and had one tenant that has ended up signing a 1 year lease and we will make our investment of furnishing cost back by the end of his tenancy.

Fortunately most of my units are in small towns where the entire town budget is less than $4M so usually there’s not much change to our taxes unlike other areas where I hear horror stories of annual increases of up to 50%.