@Venecia Baezcan you start with a house hack? 

The best deals will all have a handful of financial ratios/percentages in a certain range.

Every dollar  matters when you're starting out. 

And a handful with 25 to 50 homes.. same thing I fund the front end of the BRRR and they refi and pay me off.My latest adventure is funding land flippers and I have two that are knocking it out of the park..

If you enter a neighborhood and you immediately lock all doors from the inside, and check to make sure your gun is loaded, you are in class D no doubt.On the other hand, most class A+ neighborhoods as you drive through you cannot see the houses from the street. 

  ( I keep 30 tons on hand before each storm ) We are sending trucks and men out in terrible conditions for long periods of time , at all hours of the day .

We have ~45 MTR units, a handful of LTR units, and 1 STR unit.

I've seen too many investors find a good property, then hand it over to a terrible PM and the entire thing fails. 

For someone looking for diversification or steady long-term growth without getting too hands-on, your suggestion of buying and upgrading a rental property in a familiar and appreciating area makes a lot of sense.

If the answers match, you’re probably in good hands.