@Joel Siguaw It is my opinion that starting out as a rookie trying to focus on Section 8 is difficult.

So I would just have to manually create those transactions, not the most fun thing to do, but it's not difficult since I've been doing it for over a year now.

I think its definitely feasible to manage yourself if you just have the one property, it may be slightly more difficult from out of state but you can definitely still make it work.

not to be discouraging, but if you don't already have experience, i think trying to build for your very first property is going to be exceptionally difficult.  30K just is not a lot to work with. 

I have an IT career, but like some others, I'm looking at economics these days and realizing that I need to make a change to get to where I want to be. 

Prices are getting close to California levels and it might be difficult to find tenants with all the competition out there.

Figuring out what path to take today will be very different if you're looking to start a real estate investing career, or you're just looking to diversify some of your investing.

Deciding to be a stay home mom from being an independent career women was a big change for me.

I honestly hated college after my first semester and that’s when I began researching other career avenues.

While this is a lot of money, most any mid-career professional likely has that available to invest (maybe not liquid today, but in general).