Define your investment goals, familiarize yourself with related terms, evaluate your financial situation, begin small, investigate markets, establish investment standards, cultivate professional connections, carry out exhaustive due diligence, investigate funding alternatives, and determine whether to manage the property on your own or by hiring a property management company.Decide what you want to achieve—stable cash flow, long-term growth, tax advantages, or all of these—and dedicate some time to learning about them by reading books, using the internet, taking classes, and attending seminars.

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Excellent question and very timely for me.

I've met several Millennials, like myself, that rent out portions of their home and their entire home while they go away on multiple week travel excursions to offset most or all of their mortgage. 

Excellent!  

Thank you very much and good luck hunting excellent opportunities!

This is an excellent community of like minded individuals that can greatly help you achieve success in your investing pursuit!

Either go all in on the flip and sell or all in on the STR, but don't try to mix them. 

Joining your local real estate investors association (REIA) offers an excellent avenue for such networking.

Congrats on kicking things off at such a young age, you're going to excel.