My financial picture & where to get started?

[Kenneth Anderson]

Hi,

My wife and I are in our mid 30s and have been interested in real estate for a long time. I've been lurking on here for a few years and been following the market pretty closely as well. We're at kind of an impasse and don't know where we should or could get started in real estate investing. We have approximately $330k in cash/non-retirement investments, and approximately $150k of equity in our current house we live in. We've been pretty lucky financially. I feel like there's a few different options to explore in real estate but not 100% sure where to start. If you were in our situation, what would you do? Any other suggestions?  Thanks!