Excited to begin real estate investing in West Houston, TX

[Jason Harley]

I am a new business owner of a fitness studio and have always been interesting in using real estate to earn passive income. My wife and I will be starting a family soon and want the income to allow her to stay at home. 

I am interested in buying properties and maybe renting them out short term then selling and buying more properties or higher end homes. I would like to eventually get into multi-family/duplex properties. 

I want to know the financial ins and out on purchasing my first property as well as how to find the right home that will yield the biggest profit.