Welcome aboard @Breanna CameronI like to watch the herd run off then go the opposite direction.Stay optimistic and try to create your own luck via doing the work (and saying your prayers).I like your strategy - It's how we started (less the kid).

I'm looking at a property right now and the the only downfall of it I can find is that it is radiant heat and lacks the option for central air.

You have to be able to do the opposite of what the herd mentality is actually doing.

Do not let the herd mentality make you feel like you need to buy something because you will lose out on a hot market etc.The investors I know who have been doing it for decades and decades are very controlled with their investing strategies.I had a client years ago who owned 300+ units spread across 10 buildings.

The home has electric ceiling radiant heat that may or may not work (popcorn ceiling and all ) .

Is it worth thinking about or do we all stick to nothing but Brady and Farwell /east side, renting around the college, River West, bay view, brewers Hill, Walkers point, and follow the herd?

It is literally herding sheep.

It has wall and ceiling radiant heat.

So now with about $300 invester, I have a herd of pretty women walking around town with Josh Buys Houses shirts and my phone number. 

But by diversification of areas, and by thinning the herd, you can have properties in different areas, different towns and you can jettison under performing properties along the way.4.