Is $50k enough to get started?

Have you considered other starting strategies like house hacking or live-in flips?

Ebooks, podcasts like @Bonnie Low suggested and start running numbers on every deal you see until you know how it all works.

. - Prices are too high- Prices are falling- Interest rates are too high- My Cousins, Mothers, Sister told me that Real Estate is too riskyThere’s never a “perfect” time, but everyone wishes that they started sooner.

Insurance is higher in the rural areas of SD due to fire danger.

I know insurance rates have gotten rough these past years but if you don't have insurance all would take is one house fire for you to take a massive loss.

I manage 400 rentals and the most significant claim ever filed was a kitchen fire that cost $20,000.

The house caught on fire 3 months later.

Bad management can tank a deal just as fast as anything else.Did you fire the manager and work on finding new management?

These are just some of the additional items that will have a significant impact on carrier's rates, your premiums, and whether we start to see the insurance market soften anytime soon or not.