i can tell you the formulas for the process for the last 25+ years, but none of them apply today.  

My 9 to 5 job is sales and I have grown increasingly frustrated with the prospect that I am making millions of dollars for somebody else when I could be putting the same effort into my own business thus,  have recently decided to go all in with real estate investing.I have a decent understanding of the process but I am stuck in the analysis phase of how to generate leads for a few hundred to a thousand dollars. 

My thought process thus far has been to buy safe and smart so a good looking property I buy now isn't easily put into the red once the market turns and rent drops.For example, I aim for $150+ cash flow / month (SF currently).

Wanted to introduce myself and start the networking process.  

In my experience, the policies, procedures, and processes of how sec8 is utilized and administered is managed by the specific municipality, and the case workers assigned to a specific case. 

I'm in the process of educating myself and want to know if there is a good way to practice running the numbers and evaluating properties.

My question is what are some of the pitfalls or concerns I should have with this process. 

Rather than going through the RMD process, I'm considering just taking a full distribution of several properties I have in an SDIRA. 

My thought process thus far has been to buy safe and smart so a good looking property I buy now isn't easily put into the red once the market turns and rent drops.For example, I aim for $150+ cash flow / month (SF currently).

I can tell you many families that live in northern Illinois are either in the process or discussing moving over the border to Wisconsin.