Remember to always approach real estate investing with a focus on the long-term, careful planning, and a goal of building a sustainable and profitable portfolio over time.Good luck!

Prior to your nineteenth birthday, make sure to carefully plan and conduct research on potential properties, market developments, as well as the legal and financial aspects related to real estate deals.

.- Set your standard and don't give up, in general, in the markets that I am active, you have some interest, but people that qualify is minimum, in most cases, I would say that what Jon said about 70%-80% is accurate in my markets too.One important thing that I found is that meeting them before you do the final decision is very important, I had the opportunity to have a competing tenants one and when meeting them it makes life much easier seeing if they will care or not for your house.

Anybody have any insight to the health of the market?

(You don’t care if apartment rents are going up or down if you’re renting SFR.)So you’ll need to find a source for historical rents for SFR in the city or preferably zip code your property is in. 

If the value of the prop goes up or down, 10 15% who cares, All the best  

One more tip – people remember stories that trigger their emotions.

I am also wondering if there are any tips you could give me as a 16 year old who has been consistently learning about RE and is eager to start.

OTA dependence is so risky and Airbnb doesn't care what happens to any individual host. 

I need all the tips and pointers I can get!