I work full-time as a CPA audit manager at a Big 4 public accounting firm, and in my free time I would love to help and learn from an experienced investor with strategies similar to what I’m interested in (appreciation, single family (potential multi family), mid-term rental (potential short-term)).Open to any advice as well on how to make my first leap into actual investing!

If you start doing your own projects in your mid to late 20's you'll be ahead of 90% of the RE investors I know, including myself.

But I dealt in cheap properties and in mid-2010s, couldn't pencil a $1M loan for an 18-plex.

My wife and I are closing escrow on (2) MFU's in Mid City. 

IMO this is no way to make a living, but if chasing rents and ignoring tenants is the strategy, then you can definitely hit your 1%+ rule here in San Antonio.For my money we've been looking at small multi-family properties in mid to large size midwestern cities. 

I am still signing listings today in the mid west at 5 to 6%.. have not seen a change yet. 

Two years later, San Francisco’s home price index is still 7.8% below its mid-2022 peak.

The numbers noted are from the mid 80's when Nolan Ryan I believe became the first baseball player to make $1M.

If someone doesn’t know how to calculate NPV on their own, they likely will mid-apply the value once they receive it.

You may consider mid term rental as that area would support that strategy and you should be able to close that gap of PITI and income.