Do you post them on bigger pockets?

In your second post you recommend hiring "a legit STR manager and pocket[ing] the profits".

Quote from @Paul Cataldo: Hey Bigger Pockets folks!  

I understand equity and cash-flow are related, but what I mean is that I don't need the cash flow right now as much as I'd like to build a strong portfolio that can cash flow even more later on.I've owned a single-family rental for 4 years, but on mulitple fronts I felt like I've done a poor job self-managing it, so this Fall I picked up the Turners' book on managing rentals and that's what led me here to Bigger Pockets online.

Within each MSA there are pockets of increases and decreases, which are counter to the overall growth or decline. 

Also I know HOA fees can be outlandish.Or, would you guys recommend me keeping my money in my pocket, getting a cheap apartment my first year of work, and watching for a 300-400k HOUSE while saving?

Maybe just lost two tenants, and have to come out of pocket for the mortgage.  

A while back I was listening to an older episode of the Bigger Pockets podcast back Michael Greene was still hosting and they talked to an insurance expert. 

Welcome to Bigger Pockets. 

I love in Cincinnati, my pocket is very nice, but not a rental market.