@Patrick Zane McLure you would exhaust yourself too fast because in this short term there isn’t much income.I would take a 30 year loan, work on the terms when you resell the property too so every person gets its cut.Take a c or b- building that are a bit run down, multi units are very easy to increase value fast when you fix them up (lot of multi units that are worth 700k when they were bough were sold for double after 1-2 years - read about the repositioning multi unit strategy)Read books about it before diving in, some multi unit that look renovated and brand new are usually not a good investment because theres no value to add to them and increase rent)

The deep dive on comps is incredibly helpful.

I'm also a new investor looking for a turnkey to get my feet wet before really diving into the investing game. 

You didn't mention what sort of properties you were considering and need to identify your strategies and goals before you dive in, of course.

You have to dive in at some point to get the momentum going.

You can take a deeper look at the market by speaking with the town/county & chamber of commerce about employers in the area. 

Then dig deeper into that path and see if that path will reach your goals. 

I am reading all I can and researching all I can about real estate investing and looking forward to diving into it a little more eventually!

So my fiancé and I are gearing up to take the dive into real estate investing.

At the moment I am deep diving into the mechanics of seller financing.