What path to choose for investing

[Charlton Zang Jr]

I am currently looking for my first deal. I have gone over the strategies for STR, MTR, LTR's and don't know where to start. My question is, how did everyone else start and decide what strategy to use? I don't know if I should just buy cheap and try it out (For the learning experience) or if I should invest more and hope it works. Any help would be greatly appreciated.