I am a newbie investor looking to purchase my first rental property, and I have been caught between going for a single-family or a multifamily rental.

If you can find an investment that pays for itself, you won't be so nervous about investing.I also recommend you educate yourself on how to manage well.

Small upfront investments in expertise can save you big in the long run.

Looking to invest in the same area? 

Your VA loan will be crucial to your real estate investing growth, especially since it affords you the potential opportunity to own more than one property, depending on your overall allotment.For active military personnel, that conundrum of where to invest and where you will end up is always part of the issue that sometimes causes analysis paralysis so it's great you have one in VA Beach already.

., you can tell it to write a JavaScript program that estimates what a cost segregation study would save, whether an S corporation makes sense, what return on investment a home generates and so on.

I don't know a single broker who would allow an agent to wholesale while hanging their license at their firm. 

Foreign investment? 

Welcome to BiggerPockets and best of luck investing!

Quote from @Terrence Adams: Hi everyone, I’m Terrence, new to rental property investing and excited to learn from this group.