Most folks go at least a year.

However, I still like to go at least once a month.Good luck on your first rental!  

We raise goats and chickens, and when time allows we raise and sell a few butcher hogs.

I rent a storage building for my staging furniture and they have a large lot full of motor homes, boats, trailers, cars, trucks, etc.Another idea if you like farming and the land will support it would be to put some kind of livestock on it (cows, goats, etc).  

My second go at house hacking.

One could certainly go at it alone and potentially do well, if you happen to make good decisions and have access to all the resources you need.

Hey guys,I recently decided I want to go at this and give it my best shot, I would appreciate a little guidance in getting started, my first question is which school would one recommend, the best i can seem to find is kaplan and allied, is one better than the other?

There is a tradeoff as you know in terms of spending money and transacting, hopefully the resources you put in find a seller that then is willing to let it go at a price that makes sense for you.

I'll go at this from a different angle; I've had very good success with this strategy. 

I have money set aside and can go at this independent of a partner but I'm choosing this method to reduce up-front self-risk.