For example, to get up-to-date property tax data you would need to scrape every county's tax data website (thousands of different websites, data formats, issues, etc...) then aggregate and clean the data.

Hello Everyone!! I have been educating myself for the last 6 months on Real Estate Investing! I have my eye on this one Duplex In Central Pennsylvania. I’m open to all tips and also any RE Investors Meet-Ups in The Ge...

Step 1: Get preapproved for an FHA loan for the purchase price you are looking for.Step 2: Connect with builders until you find a few that will finance the construction of your home. 

I've got a PMC referral if/when you're ready.

To maximize your chances of success, recommend sharing that and the percent increase in taxes & ins with tenant and asking them what they think a fair increase is.- If they say $0-$50, you'll have to get rid of them at end of current lease.- If they are more reasonable you may want to accept if for now, but let them know you'd be doing regular increases to get the rent more inline with market rent.Too many newbies here will tell you to get market rent or get rid of the tenant.

They could self manage for several years, using the rental income, until the next phase of their retirement.If they have a decent amount of financial discipline, they may want to get a HELOC now before they build to get the most favorable rate.

Make sure you are working with a Realtor who specializes in investment properties because it isn't rare to think the property is rent ready and then it isn't.

Dimensional variances are usually the easiest to get, but that doesn't mean they are easy.

Is $50k enough to get started?

Private Lender Partnership: Partner with a private lender or investor willing to take a second lien position to get you to 85-90% cash out.