@Austin Bauer I invest in stocks, but I would be hard pressed to invest in the company I work for.

@James HamlingStop the presses.

However, you'd be hard pressed to find another real estate investing forum, other than Bigger Pockets, where you can gain that education for free!

I think you will be hard pressed to find cheap money from any publicly advertised source.

i think you'll be hard pressed to find a 20% COCR with a <$200k property that you're doing LTRs on. unless your BRRR it. then your COCR is infinite. so a better question might be, where can you BRRR with <$200k?

House hacking is a great way to get started in real estate investing without a lot of your own capital to start.Rhode Island provides down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers: https://governor.ri.gov/press-...Plus, if you're eligible to use your VA loan benefit now (depending on your time in the Guard), you can use it to help you start your portfolio as a primary residence (1-4 units).I wish you all the best.

If any SD left over, apply to oldest rent and late fees, then keep pressing.

If tenant is responsible for the cost of clogs, they will be willing to fix the issue especially with it virtually always just taking the turn of an Allen wrench and pressing the built-in circuit breaker button. 

And pressing more into the rental arena, for longer, will simply turn up the heat on acquisition and build 4-rent.

I informed him I wasn't able to get to the house right then and there and that he'd have to try to disable the alarm himself by pressing a button on the smoke detector or taking the batteries out.