.- I would have roughly 35-40 hours a week available to dedicate to progressing my real estate journey.For me, the big appeal of being an investor in syndication deals is that it is not as time intensive as other real estate ventures, so I can focus more time into progressing my career in video production and growing my income there.

The tenant didn't work out, but I at least had some success.

How did this work out for anyone that tried them ?!

Things will work out. 

I did it a few times and it didn't work out.. cost to build these days including prefab homes are not cheap.. you need to compare the median price per sqft in the area you plan on doing it..It may work if you purchase a prefab shell and get some sweat equity to finish it off..

Also, love to work out as much as I can in things like running, bicycle, jumping rope, and lifting weights-no ripped or jacked by any means-but thinking in the long term benefit (like in real estate).

I would just add that some of those lower priced, cash-flow areas will also come with more intensive management requirements.  

@Nicholas Pisano real estate investing is a long-term game, not overnight.Have seen many newbies jump in a buy several properties, then when things don't go according to their unrealistic plans, freak out and sell at a loss.A past client is doing that right now - they bought 5 properties from a high-pressure agent, hired us, micro-managed us to try to meet their unrealistic expectations, terminated us and hire another PMC to "save" their portfolio and went that didn't work out, are now selling 3 at a loss. 

You can try it if the electric costs don't work out. 

Markets to avoid are usually cash flow; they are just time-intensive to manage and a toss-up on tenancies.We need to know your price point, what you are looking for, expectations of investing, and if you have any other properties to help on towns.