I would spend time building your list of WHO (agent, mentor, contractor/handyman), then WHAT (house type, tenant base, work needed), then WHERE (location).

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When you say you want to prioritize cash flow over equity, you want to watch out for people honing in on that and selling you "good cash flow" deals which will be in D neighborhoods and will come with high capital expenditures and harder tenancies.

That also made me hesitant about Cashiers, meaning I worried that the mindset would spill over.

I tend to shy away from homes over ~20 years old to buy and hold for long term renting.

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Take a look at this podcast from BP - it goes over Beginner friendly ways to start investing and you will take alot from it. 

its cheap  compared to what you get I found a strict foreclosure in Oregon that their site was on the only one tracking it and we made over 300k on that one deal. 

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You'll want to stretch yourself, but not get in over your head.