I'm curious, were the rents and or operating costs in the listing, or were you using rent-o-meter/just browsing local rental ads for a ballpark? 

I want to invest slowly but I am eager to learn and educate myself since I see this as a potentially strong and stable source of income for the future.By browsing the community here for a couple of days I immediately realised how vast and extensive the resources for me to learn here are, for that reason I have signed up to the forum and looking forward to start asking questions, read through your stories and hopefully being able to contribute to it very soon!

After browsing and learning through the countless forum topics here on BiggerPockets, I felt a tad bit guilty for not introducing myself earlier.Scott Stone

Start browsing the MLS, crunching numbers and see what you can get for your money that makes sense. 

I've been browsing houses on the market currently just out of curiosity and to practice analyzing them.

I have browsed around BP but can't seem to find something that addresses this directly.

Over the past few months I've been reading books on real estate investing and browsing the forum and figured it was time to come out of lurking.  

Not sure if it's for me, but I at least want to start by hacking a multifamily unit to get my mortgage paid for and stop renting. after browsing the site for a bit, I've come to the conclusion that I should search out a lender first, so any suggestions on that front would be appreciated.

I started browsing tonight and was very overwhelmed.

Browsing the NCGS chapter 47B, the Real Property Marketable Title Act, it seems to me the self-described 'caregiver' has 22 years to go unless you get the signatures required by probate court.