You looking for multifamily or single family home?

Live below your means and work on getting a duplex (or a single family home and rent all the rooms to your frat brothers) and start from there. 

Talk with an investor friendly mortgage broker to determine your budget for a single-family and a small multifamily property. 

Broward Real Estate Market Update: September Surprises and Opportunities (My Latest Study Blog)September brought some shifts to Broward's real estate market, especially in single-family homes, townhomes, and condos.

Do you think it is better to start with single family units or multi-family units?

I am part of several Facebook pages with Agents Invest (Jennifer Beadles), Bigger Pockets Money (Scott Trench and Mindy Jensen), and Afford Anything (Paula Pant) communities and I have never paid a single penny for a course.

Sometime in the next month or 2 we plan to choose the exact property.Short-term goal: Buy a turnkey single family or duplex which cashflows even after accounting for management and saving for future vacancies, maintenance and capex.

A lot of your other mid-sized cities have similar risk profiles (dominated by a single industry or a handful of companies). 

I’ve got 30 single-family houses and have been managing properties for 20 years, so I’ve seen how this helps when scaling.

If your financial situation means you can buy a single property per year, or even a property every few years that is entirely okay.