Quick question: What’s been your biggest challenge when managing smaller multifamily properties?

I used to provide detailed answers to DMs, which are private and help only the requester.

Property management companies and contractors are the people in your business who make or break you.I will send you a private message to refer you to a property management company that is doing good for me.Don't let the bad experience sway you away from real estate.

Realtor.com was the 98th most used website in the U.S. in 2015. 18,069 different websites link to Realtor.com.When Advertising on Zillow you should focus your attention on getting the biggest market share you can afford in one zip code.

Any general advice is much appreciated.50k is more than enough money, the biggest question at 22 is are you ready to buy a property and be kind of locked in for 3-5 years.

Private Lender Partnership: Partner with a private lender or investor willing to take a second lien position to get you to 85-90% cash out.

(yes, some of the Non-QM lenders that do DSCR have FDIC-insured deposits BUT the large, private lenders that have thrived in DSCR over the last few years are not FDIC-insured lenders). 

The process of buying real estate with crypto through a private seller will vary from seller to seller.

Quote from @Burke Atkerson: With over a decade of real estate investing experience and over 100 flips, I now provide private money & hard money loans.

What I'm trying to say is that going up to 1.5-2 hours outside of even the biggest cities, there are pockets of affordable towns/cities with at least positive cash flow (although its never been harder to find than right now, I've been waiting for 3 years for the market to make sense before buying again).