Brandon's book on Low or no money down investing would be great, and, as he is from Washington State, there might be nuggets in there of particular value to you.Either place, as Pyrrha says, I would highly recommend house hacking to get going... super easy at your age, and an EXCELLENT way to build rental properties at an early age with tiny money down.  

Hi, We are in Rochester, NY and need to take out an old irregular sized tub and replace with tiled walk-in shower (not enough room to replace with new standard sized tub) and shelving on one side (this solves our dilemma of making more storage for 3 people in a very tiny bathroom).

But if you assume that the capitalization rate is 8.5% for buildings like this in this area, then your tiny increase in income increased the value of the property by $338,824."

Please keep us updated.We bought a tiny 1-bedroom in Denver (521 sf) that nobody wanted (DOM:  > 6 months) about 3 years ago, and because of market dynamics, we are getting 40% more in rent than our initial pro-forma projections and sit on a considerable amount of equity (2x-3x). 

Unfortunately his business did so well he had to time to really try landlording and so we sold it a tiny profit after 2 years. 

Keep the laundry in the kitchen where it is now, and the tiny master bathroom.Other variables:Location: The house is out of state.

and now we are looking to find a replacement.That one tiny condo in boston, bought us 5 investment properties. and generated 100% return on investment.  

All for a teeny tiny loan-to-value amount right now, that  could easily be accessed through a simple home equity line of credit from a bank or credit union. 

I saw a tiny studio today renting for $900 in an old building in Sheepshead Bay.  

This works whether your property is located in the middle of the hood in Detroit, or in a tiny rural town in Montana.