To get into this field you could join First Deal by Brandon Turner.

Also look into various self-directed options as @Dmitriy Fomichenko stated.

Property managers and agents can be really helpful as well as they’ll give you insight into the market and could have some opportunities for you down the road.In the meantime, try researching the areas you're interested in.

I was 39 years old when we moved into our dream home. 

They put 25k in to it.

With a bit of planning and good operations, one can easily manage 20 to 30 properties without an assistant, with less than a day or two a month.There's lots of automated ways to check on rent, make deposits (my tenants deposit directly into a bank account), receive maintenance requests, have maintenance done, etc., etc.One thing I could argue is to have your tenants ONLY email you, especially for maintenance requests, and that email goes directly to the vendor that you have set up to handle it.

Not trying to jump into doing anything too quickly.

I would love to be able to bundle them into 1 loan, but have not found a lender who can loan on a single property under $100k, even when bundled with the other one. 

Half of all marraiges end in divorce and no one goes into a marraige thinging that they will get divorced from the love of their life...the same is true for business partnerships.

I don't own in Scranton a lot of properties, But I still think 2K is a bit overpriced Especially if you make your tenants pay utilities, But I might be wrong, just wanna make you aware so you make sure before you go into any deal.