After reading The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Real Estate Investing I came to bigger pockets to learn more about real estate investing.My wife and I plan on purchasing our starter home in the next 6-8 months with the intent to eventually rent it out as one of our future rentals.

Check the below thread by Scott for all starters FAQ's.

Perhaps, I would pay off the 8k personal loan for starters.

For starters, you need to understand the difference between goals and objectives.Objectives are targets that you aim for.

Can anyone share thoughts on ideal starter properties?

We may do more of a "starter home" with a significantly lower purchase price, but we would still prefer to take advantage of a "physician loan" if available.Anyone have any experience or information regarding this?  

For starters, you have the free informative forums to read and learn about real estate.

I am not sure what a good starter investment would be either a 4 unit or multi-unit near a college campus.

Hey to all the starters, if your like myself you've spent countless hours sifting thru the forms only to get bits of info here and there, seems people are either tired of answering the same questions over and over or are just stingy with the info.

For starters, weed out the ones who aren't real estate investors themselves.