To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

Prioritize stable cash flow, good location, and manageable property condition, while considering strategies like gradual rent increases, expense reduction, and value-add improvements to enhance returns.

You have a skillset that could be extremely useful for quick fixes and landlord issues and from there you can bridge relationships and partnerships to enhance your knowledge of real estate investing and couple your skills.

To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

Getting one property and cashflowing it will be a challenge. you can try seller financing but you are still going to be highly levered which just enhances the risk that you are taking on.The best way to grow is to focus on managing your rental, saving money through your W2 and crushing that - if you are a realtor you will make more crushing it as being a realtor than over leveraging real estate - then save for down payment and buy slowly. its not a rush.

Did you attend educational courses to enhance your real estate knowledge?

Then, when you have a better grip on the neighborhoods and strategies that make sense, you can buy.

To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

Smart investors first focus on finding quality properties—such as those in thriving areas of Brooklyn or potential neighborhoods around Manhattan—and then reverse engineer the process by improving management, optimizing rental structures, or enhancing facilities to make it worthwhile.

I emphasize the importance of utilizing professional photos, videos, and online presence to enhance property visibility.