What is it like investing in Birmingham?

This vary heavily town to town. 20% down is great if buying strictly as investment but if you have a way of owner occupying I would explore that route and apply the 20% down to increasing value of property and instead using low money down loan. 

Great to hear you’re diving into real estate investing!

Hello everyone, I am a new investor and looking for advice on my first investment property.

I am starting to get involved with real estate investing, but I am only a college student, so I do not have the income to place a 20% down payment for most properties.

I am very interested in real estate investing and flipping (I have a decent amount of construction experience) I was wondering what some good resources are to look at when evaluating a property, especially in the Dayton / Cincinnati area.  

Just focusing on the passive income you want to achieve will leave you chasing cash flow which will have you buying properties in worse areas with harder tenancies that seem to cash flow better, but will have large cap ex.Any time someone asks a question about where to invest and it can be anywhere, they aren't ready to invest and are opening themselves up to every pitch in the world on an area.

I currently live in the Bay Area, but I’ve decided to start investing in the Jackson County/MO area.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

I invest in Ocala and really like it.