We don't currently own any property but I'd love to start with something small (maybe even a rental) and rent it on AirBnB to get a taste for it.

Champagne taste and the income sometimes ( psychologist) but different priorities.  

But let me start by saying everyone has their own taste for different options in real estate so take all opinions and turn it into your own.

Something to remember with rental property is you don't need to spend extra money to make the house meet your taste unless you plan on living there at some point, what you need to do is figure out what will give you the most bang for our buck.

Unfortunately, there are those out there giving it a bad name and leaving investors with a bad taste in their mouth, but you don't have to be one of those.

What I got a taste for was managing tenants, I had 3 different tenants that were perfect but then I mistakenly let a friend of a friend rent from me and it was a disaster, had to get judgements on them, and never got my money.

And rehab/remodel should be done in very tasteful way to attract the buyers.  

Depending on how much you have saved, the BRRRR strategy might suit you tastes as you'd basically only need the seed capital once and then keep re-using it to acquire and rehab more homes and keep getting your money out provided you bought at a price low enough to get it refinanced and pull your money back out.You can't score unless you get in the game.

I started a window cleaning business in May 2015 and it's going really well here in Mi, but now that I've had a taste of what it's like to not starve anymore I'm ready for more, a lot more!!

Too many red flags for my taste.