Focus on one strategy, practice analyzing deals, and take consistent small steps like attending events and building relationships.

Particularly when it comes to maintenance requests.Some context: I own two small multi families in Cleveland and they are managed by a PM company (B2B property management).

It allows you to use a small fraction of your own money.

Also, there’s much to delve into on of those scenarios, like what type of cashflow or investment do you want, etc. residential, multi-res, small multi-res, commercial, industrial, etc.There seems to be fewer deals around these days and this typically benefits the more experienced and skilled investors but there are always multiple investors that get “tripped-up” in these markets due to them relying on recent “fortunate” market circumstances only to realize the markets cycle and they weren’t prepared or didn’t underwrite properly to account for unforeseen potential.There are more considerations, but this is a start.

I expect I will make mistakes in this deal so it is a nice small one which will keep my mistakes small as well!

Think I might rent to a small Brooklyn company that does executive rentals....I would do it myself but my job has noticed I'm not as focused on my work as usual.  

Anyone know of any good sources for small business HELOCs?

Some don't like the idea of a 2nd position lien that is very small and very high on interest rate. 

I do this on all my properties-even small ones. 

Starting small and gaining experience is key!