I would start there absorb as much as you can before diving in, but take the dive!!!!

Since the house is mostly a place to hold funds that won't nose dive tomorrow like the stock market might, I'm looking more at keeping our expenses low in making repairs but am expecting to not make a profit the first 6 -12 months just based on the costs of bringing the house up to where it needs to be. 

It's never going to be back to those days of everyone at the factories doing $50k to $200k, it's bounced back quite a bit from the nose dive.

Hi everyone, just recently received my RE license and now ready to dive into investing.

My first pointer i would like to give you is to look deeper into your hybrid investing strategy.

I figure I should start small and educate myself first rather than diving in to the deep end without knowing how to swim.

I know that you will learn a ton on this site and it's good to see you diving in! 

Hoping to dive into something soon and keep learning. 

@Ryan Rubel I have been on BP for about 20 months now and I really just pass up all of the "2%" rule items because unless you are doing deals on the southside of Chicago it seems like almost an impossible mark to hit out here in the burbs or on the northside.Take a look into Elgin or northwest side deeper to get a better gauge into multi market.  

Before you dive into neighborhoods you do not know it would be wise to start out with an safer and easier investment closer to home.... just my .02c