Even though I tend to be on the more adventurous side, this is way too risky for me. 

In fact, BP just released a new book on self managing written by Grace Gudenkauf and Amelia McGee from the Women Invest In Real Estate (WIIRE) podcast.

Their buyers tend to love off market deals

The bigger the portfolio, the better the average returns tend to be as many of our investors have posted about on another thread.

If you are planning on buying and holding, lenders tend to like you putting 20%-30% down.

I don't supply shampoo etc because most women have their own they prefer, and it's wasteful for little bottles and much more work for the cleaners to refill the big dispensers, and they break. 

That could just be the dialect used in the midwest where I am.There is a big difference in industry knowledge between a residential agent that can legally do tenant rep work, and full time tenant reps.As for next course of action: I tend to be a pretty straight forward guy.  

As a young woman in real estate, I can assure you there is an incredible community of women in the investing space in the city! 

If the loan amount is less than 500k, there is a lot less lenders that can do these types of loans compared to 1-4 or 10+ units and rates tends to be higher.

After talking to 3 companies, you should have a median price of what the cost will be.Keep in mind, a professional company tends to have processes in place to increase efficiency like inventory management and 24/7 phone coverage.