Best advice for new investors on their first purchase

[Sarah Nation]

As a newbie to real estate investing, I would love to hear from experienced real estate investors on their best advice for people starting out on this journey. My goal is to buy my first house hack in the DFW area by the end of the year. If you could go back and time and give yourself advice on your first investment property, what would it be? What was your first investment like? What types of mistakes did you make, and how could they have been avoided?