Beginning Real Estate Questions

[Adam Pasternack]

Hi All,

I have been listening to bigger pockets rookie for about a year and I'm ready to take the next step/leap into real estate investment. I currently live on Long Island and have enough money saved up to buy a house in the 450K-500K range. The only problem is most of the houses either need some work or are out of my price range. I have two options buy a house on Long Island and try to do small renovations or buy newly renovated house. While listening to bigger pockets rookie podcast I hear an ad for Memphis Investment Properties. I've been teetering back and forth about buy something through Memphis Investment Properties and staying put another year or two or buying my a house on Long Island and house hacking it. I'm trying to see what would be better as I really want to get into investment.
Have anyone on here used Memphis investment Properties? Any tips or tricks that anyone might have would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Adam