Even the most experienced investors estimate that part but sometimes you have too. The

From millennials to baby boomers, each generation has unique housing preferences shaping the real estate landscape in Central & Northern California!

I would first connect with an investor friendly agent and get pre-approved and take baby steps while you continue your career. 

ALF is a great business due to the baby boomers aging.  

With a population this size, you have less labor issues (more people to keep labor cheap), a built in growth machine for appreciation/rents due to babies born and people moving there, and the city is well-known.#2: Landlord Friendly - call local property managers/eviction attorneys and see what the average eviction time is and if the judges give landlords a lot of trouble.

It probably took awhile to save up that 50,000 capital so Id use it wisely or you can do one of the lower risk strategies like house hack 2-4 unit while you're slowly learning and going to meetups and shaking hands and kissing babies.

Leveled house- exterior paint, fresh landscaping, added privacy fence, interior paint, new windows, new mini split heat pump system, painted kitchen cabinets, new counters and hardware, new bathroom vanities and toilets, expoxied baby blue bathtub and tile surround white.

To do that, well, I doubt reality is going to shift to what you want so odd's are your going to have to shift too the reality. 

Although this is your baby, you're going to sell it to get your Cash Snowball going, to do bigger deals and faster.If you use a 7% cap rate with NOI of $46,000= $657,000 sales price. 

We found out a year ago that we were having a baby and we were able to make a new opening in the first floor so that we could expand into it and use both floors for ourselves.