As with most people starting out - having the 20%-30% equity to put in the deal is the challenge. 

You can also start exploring a house hack to utilize the lower DP

Quote from @Brian Dela Cruz: Data entry clerks - likely to miss deductions, overlook credits, miss carryforwards, make mistakes on tax law limitationsCPA - get it right, reduces errors, and helps you in building your wealth through tax savingsWhat are your thoughts?

Lots of great info on here as well, and like they're saying the best thing to do is to find an experience broker / realtor who can help you navigate which neighborhoods to target and which ones to stay away from, as well helping you to build out your team for property managers, lenders, inspectors, contractors, ect.

Quote from @Rushi Shah: Hi everyone, my partner and I are renting right now and looking to start our landlord journey.

To start you need money, Your money or someone elses.

Building the right team is a great first step—wishing you both success in finding your first property in Baltimore.Welcome aboard and best of luck investing!

I'm seriously considering trying to find something there, but need to build up my knowledge and contacts of reputable agents and contractors etc.I'm interested in multi-family, STRs, commercial, self storage, and possibly even flips if the right opportunity came up.

We are considering investing in Houston as foreign investors (from Belgium), our goal is to find and start with a long-term rental single or multi family home. 

I really commend you on getting started and executing your plan even when the project turned to be something larger than you anticipated.