Hi Kyle, not sure what you mean by underground, but I'm based in Seattle and invest in mainly midwest markets (Detroit and Memphis) where I have 9 (soon to be 10) doors.

Rent controls will be a real issue if you are planning it as a rental investment which in fact reduce the value of the main house as a rental.

I've also been focused mainly on Pgh because I have family there who are contractors and can to do any repairs/refurbishments.  

I have 4 long term rentals in my portfolio and I am mainly focusing on investing in single family homes in Traid, NC. 

For me, I wanted to portray my real estate investments as more professional and that was the main reason I switched to using landlord software for rent collections. 

The other options you are playing with fire as using a HELOC that is paying interest is essentially buying with 100% financing.Having no skin in the game has always been a high risk strategy and people were able to get away with it the past few years due to the money supply and inflation but I would not use that as the measuring stick.

The main reason I would like to start off my career with flipping a few properties is so I can have a quick ROI and I want to do real estate full time as soon as I finish my contract.

He's a really smart guy when it comes to supply, demand, rent control, and overall investing

The main issue with rental basement is water if it has water issue usually it is a simple fix .Clean gutters ,discharge gutter  water away 10" away from foundation, make sure you foundation soil is slopped away from it .If you need to buy soil get a clay mix .Cut back any tree too close to the foundation look at the drip line that's how far the limbs are out from the tree .If all that is done still has water buy a sump pump  carry the water to day light away from foundation 10" to 15" .

My main goal is to invest in real estate in the future, but I want to understand how everything works first.