What you need to do is sit down and make a list of your 3 month, 6 month, 1 year, 3 year, 5 year, 10 year goals.

Quote from @Simone Montague-Jackson: You can house hack with up to four units.

But even to this day the money is always the winner not me.. thats how you raise significant capital ..

I'd also talk to section 8 to let them know you are buying it to ensure you get the rent for March.

Now, you need to figure out how to find deals and pay for them.

-Legal Protection: A real estate attorney should draft the seller financing agreement to make sure your interests are protected.Final ThoughtsThis might be a pretty awesome first project if you can work out some sort of low-down, seller-financed deal with sweet terms.

Yeah, I think we're all a little biased to where we currently invest.

Connect with a PM to make sure you are on par with market rent.

Building a portfolio allows you to gain experience, develop systems, develop your own approach to managing properties etc.

If you aren't an excel expert I wouldn't bother trying to make your own or scour the internet for an analyzer tool that may or may not meet your needs.