Scaling up properties requires cash flow or equity, continuous education, networking, mentorship, patience, and persistence.

Over the years, I've done several dozen of these and know how to pick a good one. 

It has been a steady performer for both appreciation and cash flow over the years.

I just keep hearing over and over again to just take action and course correct from there. 

To echo Dominic, typically if you need to raise under $1mm of equity, the formation costs become overly prohibitive.  

I'd recommend the following:1) Continue to stay at home to save up more2) Buy the crappiest home in a good neighborhood, with financial help (parents?)

Once you take over a property as an owner occupant, if it is a single family or condo you can live in it for 1 year and that automatically exempts your unit from rent control.

Would you think a store that had a small step at the front would be compliant if they had a small metal portable ramp they could lay down over the stairs in case someone in a wheelchair were to come?

who used this his entire life and build a net worth of over $1 billion by the 1980s starting with absolutely no capital!  

Happy to send over some resources regarding the Columbus Ohio market and why it's a great market to invest into!