I have equity in my home, rates are low, and I want to get some rentals under my belt so I can start getting many more.

(First, let me mention that I have zero deals under my belt)I drive a 2010 car with over 100K miles. 

Once you have some self education under your belt its time to get started and not get stuck in analysis paralysis.

My goal/timeline is I'd like to have 4 more deals under my belt by 2030.

@Nate BoykinThe slate belt is a great place to invest!

A heat pump water heater, for instance, uses less gas than a gas water heater, assuming the electricity is produced by burning gas.Electric resistance heat is expensive and inefficient.A power outage in Houston is almost never an emergency except in the coldest storms every 50 years.When the power goes out your gas heat generally becomes unusable as well, because you still need electricity to run your blower motor.

The OP is from Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh is the home of possibly the most misleading single-family cap rates in the Rust Belt.

Hey Patrick, congrats on getting so many units under your belt so quickly.

I've had to really on creative financing and sourcing private loans from individual private lenders in order to scale my portfolio.You've got a few deals under your belt but you have not yet achieved financial freedom.

Eventually, I would like to get into multifamily properties (small and large) but I want to get more experience under my belt with BRRRR and flipping before adventurIing myself with bigger and more complex projects.For those who are actively investing in DFW, what areas north of Sam Rayburn/DNT are you focusing on?