Analyze potential rental income versus expenses carefully to ensure the property will generate income from the start.

To get a figure on how much you can rent your home for, I think BiggerPockets will allow few rental analyze deal searches.

The taxes and insurance are absolutely killing every deal I analyze. 

I'm using the BRRR calculator to analyze a few opportunities. 

@Justin BradburyTo kick off your path in real estate investing, you need education, networking, setting goals, analyzing deals, and starting small.

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

It will only cash flow about $150/door/month, but I tell you this to point out that cash-on-cash returns are nice to analyze, but I am getting to the point that something that cant be an infinite cash-on-cash return at some point in the near future just doesnt sound that appealing.  

But I like the idea of finding someone to help analyze and assess risk!

For functional aspects of the home the buyer usually just looks for potential issues but doesn't analyze the differences for valuation purposes.

Determine investment strategies like buy-and-hold, short-term rentals, BRRRR, or partnerships, analyze numbers, consider creative financing options, build a strong team, and start small and pivot as needed.Good luck!