Make sure you're calculating correctly.The second thing is that you just started out.....congratulations!

BiggerPockets is full of resources designed to help you along your journey, whether you are just getting started or a seasoned investor.

Attend your local REIA and start connecting.  

Go to GET STARTED > EVENTS AND MEETUPS at the top of your screen.

house hacking is great start, that's how i started in the business. would love to connect

In some areas, we board up the 1st floor windows until we are about to start marketing the property.

It's basically built on top of WordPress core and they made it simple and easy to navigate.Where in wordpress, you have to get some plugins (some are also monthly paid) to achieve the same kind of functionality.As @Todd Heitner mentioned, SEO is not just about having a good hosting/platform and features, it's about utilizing the features in a way so your brand has visibility and people that come into your website gets proper value of their time spent.Here's a table comparison for you that I wrote earlier:Now whether you have a carrot or a wordpress site, for SEO, you will need:- Website Credibility (Personalisation)- On Page SEO (Keywords, Titles, Meta Tags, Description, Image ALT Tags & Optimization etc)- Monthly Content Publishing (Regular Blogs & Location Pages)- Monthly OFF Page SEO (Citations, BacklinksNow if you consider the cost, end of the day it's quite same for both the platforms.But if you are starting fresh, I see no point of having their 180$ plan, you can continue with 89$/month plan from carrot and assign someone in your team to put regular blog posts and update the location pages.

Just waiting to close now and then I’ll get started on a renovation.

Starting locally vs. out of state:I always recommend starting locally if it aligns with your goals.

Because it’s how I got started in real estate investing.