You can learn an ton there from all the excellent guests that share their experience.

The list produced and updated to excel provided towns 3 counties south of me, none of which were towns I selected. 

Here is my process I have thought out for now, please feel free to critique/provide improvements based on experience:Learn through BiggerPockets, David Greene, Gary Keller -- I personally want to avoid getting too deep into this phase, get the basics and run with itCreate a system on analyzing a property - I have my own parameters that work for me and have put them on an excel sheet - I have what I call 'quantitative' and 'qualitative' tabs that give me a 300 degree viewGet pre-approved as I am learningNext comes the Research phase (learning and researching are going together) - this is taking time.  

Once you excel  in one niche, you can gradually add another.

I know David Weber and he is excellent.  

Have an excellent, honest manager

It's an excellent market.

Honestly 2 rentals I would stick to self accounting and an excel spreadsheet. 

I want to get excel in this business and trying to seek out the people that can get me there thanks! 

I want to get excel in this business and trying to seek out the people that can get me there thanks!