In 2017 we bought a home and kept our starter home as a rental which we sold in 2019.

Could be a good starter course for a new year, but I’d look for others. 

Anyways, Thanks Erin for the conversation starter and I hope those who are interested in just starting out with a house-hack AND STRs will still give it a shot because the upside is so awesome and the downside is you sell the furniture and convert to a LTR.

You also need to know what you can afford both in terms of time and money.If you want to scale more quickly, then look for less expensive homes-starter homes in good areas (eg 3 bed, 2 bath), not homes in bad areas.You will generally make more money if you manage it yourself, but that means you need to buy locally, want to manage it yourself and know the local laws. 

I'm not exactly sure of all my goals right now but I do have a few of them for starters:1) I want to own my own real estate wholesaling business.2) I want to close my first deal by the end of this year.3) I would like to eventually own a few rentals... possibly even a mobile home park.I actually found out about biggerpockets because I was reading "The Guide to Real Estate Investing" (Rich dad education) and decided to look up a question online.

Those type of properties you might be better off getting a 3.5% interest FHA loan and living there as a starter investment property.

I am interested in learning more about buy and holds and flipping houses just for starter.

I made a quick pivot to purchase a new starter home.

Looking at trying the Supplemental Income plan and see how it goes for starters.

I am currently in search of a good starter property.I am looking for an agent (or a few agents) and a small multi-unit property in the Anderson, Indiana area that I could live in for a year with an FHA loan, or a single-family unit with rental potential under $50,000.