Is buying and renting a single apartment a good idea

[Steve Noonan]

Would like to get into investing in real estate shortly but do not have enough cash to start with purchasing a single family to flip right now. I see alot of single apartment units for sale around me that I could purchase and rent out.

Just curious to see if anyone thinks this is a good idea to slowly get into things while I build up more cash to move on to single and multi families

Thanks