The first part for me is investing in real estate since I have a secured job that I’m hoping can subsides some income to give me the freedom to put more time to real estate with a eventual transition to full time real estate business.

Legal Protection – It's important to have a solid contract in place, typically a promissory note and a security agreement that outlines the loan terms, interest rates, repayment schedules, and collateral (often the property being financed).

Lock down the spot get it secured...That is exactly what we're looking for.

Now I am totally confused!  

Quote from @Paul Lucenti: We just closed on our 9th deal and first of 2025 - sales price was $115,000 and total monthly cost is $890. 

@Tony Schmucker if it were me, it would totally depned on a ton of differing factors that you may not be measuring (some outside of investment real estate). 

My total OOP was under $10k.

It’s still rough and has plenty of room for improvement, but I can upload photos of a distressed property, tax records, comps, lender rates, and local rehab costs.From there, it analyzes the photos to identify repairs, explains why they’re needed, estimates costs for each item, calculates the total rehab budget, determines ARV based on comps, and provides an expected return—basically automating a lot of what spreadsheets already do.It’s not meant to replace an analyst, and of course, everything still needs to be verified.

Most lawsuits against landlords involve wrongful eviction, security deposit disputes, and Fair Housing Violations.

This totally makes sense-- I had a feeling my question was more or less open ended.