Any and all thoughts are welcome, including wet blankets if need be.Thanks in advance!

While it’s possible engaging in one of these programs can shorten the time required to become a “power” agent considerably, it also may be a gigantic waste of money if marketing efforts are engaged without waiting for the all important test results.One popular career tract being offered in collegiate business programs across the world right now is marketing data analytics - analyzing the results of test marketing campaigns and applying/interpreting these results to form an effective and profitable marketing program.The other choice is to engage one of the many companies that will set up a generic real estate agency website for you, with the usual stock photos as well as MLS feed, create a blog and tie it to the new website, and start posting information and answering questions are various social media sites.After getting your feet wet, you can purchase services such as SEO, or a PPC campaign, on a a la charge basis, and track the results using one of many analytical programs available online.

House-hacking a duplex/triplex/fourplex is one of the best/easiest ways to get your feet wet.

At least until you get your feet wet and you aren't juggling work and school. 

That said, modular obviously goes in a LOT faster, and you don't have issues with stuff getting wet, sitting out, etc.

.$995 is great rent but you also don't want to evict if tenants can't pay because turnover costs can kill the ROI.Just my opinion  Looking back, I think a cheaper entry point could have been negotiated, but this one was my first ever purchase and I really wanted something to get my feet wet with. i think the emotional satisifcation of having a first rental was well worth a slight overpay. 

Most private lenders on here are seeing plenty of inventory including ourselvesI want to start with $125K just to get my feet wet.

If water pools outside, my experience is that the basement will be wet.

We use a Home Depot wet-dry vacuum to remove the crap and we put the crap in a few plastic trash cans.

Would have bought a  400 K SFH house  which can do STR and if not would be good to do MTR or LTR if the STR approach failsThis would have made my feet wet, got me money and I would have learnt the following1.How to get lenders for loans3.How to create LLC and use umbrella policy4.Build a  network of lenders, PM, contractors and cleaners5.Learn how to transition to MTR or LTR if neededThat would have been my approach to get a  quick start else I would have wasted months  on figuring out what to do:)