Newbie investor looking for rental investing advice

[Karen Guo]

Hi everyone, my name is Karen and I am a new investor. I’ve been interested in real estate investing since 2019 and have been watching videos, listening to podcasts, and reading books like Brandon Turner’s book on Rental Investing. I’m 22 and would like to start investing this year but would like advice on location and strategy. Currently, I live in the RTP area but am moving to Redmond WA in October to start full time at Microsoft. I’ve been struggling between deciding to invest here in a 3Bed/3Bath and rent out the entire thing and hold it even after I move to Redmond, or do something like a house hack around Redmond in October when I move there. Would love any advice or a phone call to walk through my thought process.