I recommend reading some good books that explain the power of leveraging and scaling.

The power of networking is truly underestimated.

So location and type can be adjusted for whatever the market is speaking to you.And, from the perspective of developing your real estate career, the knowledge of the power of a 1031 exchange that you have can be a huge marketing advantage for you when seeking listings. 

Quote from @Dan Powers: New Western host an REI on Tap once a quarter located in Philadelphia or Media.

$200k down can get you a $1 million mortgage/ purchasing power!

Leverage is a very powerful thing.

The house is clearly abandoned, as the power box is disconnected, AC is removed and someone clearly packed up the stuff. 

Hey @Andy Terra - currently I'm using a power dialer and handling the leads myself but plan on hiring some VAs later this year or early next.

While cost segregation is a powerful strategy in the right situations, not all situations can benefit from it.

And all this in an inflation market meaning rents going up, values going up, as dollar purchasing power goes down.