I can’t wait to start absorbing all the knowledge!

Their parents are very involved and they love our safe location and renovated units.Because they are outside they love and take advantage of our parks, beaches, town and public transportation...Never an issue with rent (but that has been the case with all of my tenants), and they absorb increases in stride.

I am trying to absorb all I can.

For smaller deals you may be taking down yourself, you can potentially absorb that risk.

In late 2020, I discovered BiggerPockets and have been a reader/podcast listener since, trying to absorb everything there is to know about buying my first home that would also act as an investment property.

Definitely get out to some meetups asap but also absorb as much info from youtube videos, podcasts, etc.

Absorb what you can and then start looking at deals and math them out.

For the first year or two, you can easily avoid rent increases by just absorbing added costs.

I still haven't done my first deal yet but I'm absorbing as much knowledge as I can on the subject and went to my local bank to find out what I'm possibly eligible to borrow. 

We have spent the last year saving money for our first investment property and absorbing as much information about real estate as possible.