I am new to the world of real estate investing and want to one day own properties and rent units out.

5unit is probably manageable.  20 unit is work I would think. 

As for the first investment, I highly recommend starting small, like with a turnkey property or even a 2-4 unit multi-family.

With a house hack you buy a single family and rent out rooms to roommates to make money OR a small mult-family (2-4 units) and rent out the other apartment(s).

Hey gang,I have a tenant in one of my units that has an ESA (emotional support animal).

The offering would be at 490 units at $1000 unit

Start with Reonomy or Costar to identify all the 100+ units in your target market (on and off market) and then see if you can get into direct contact with some owners.

Guesstimates are around $1000 per unit. 3) Demand is crazy right now.

If you do decide to start flipping homes- as a new investor you can either self finance with all cash, or you can contact a commercial lender like myself and expect terms to be 75-80% of the purchase price with 100% of the rehab financed through a draw.

We've successfully used Mid South Home Rentals (division of Enterprise Realty, Arlington,Tn.) for 11 years now to manage our 24 doors of SFRs, duplexes, & 10 unit apartment..