Therefore, when you are analyzing deals, it's important that you also run the numbers as if you were to hold the property as an LTR.

@Chris CoreTo find cash-flowing properties for your first investment, focus on house hacking with an FHA loan, finding properties with rents that cover your mortgage payment, using real estate investment tools like BiggerPockets, and analyzing deals in emerging markets with strong cash flow potential.

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

@Christian Licata I realized I wasn’t going to get anywhere just sitting on the sidelines and so I spent several weeks analyzing my target market and ended up choosing a SFH that was in a great location.

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

I agree with @Jonathan Greene here that the first step is thinking through what to do with the primary residence - you might try this tool that I built a few months ago to analyze whether you should keep or sell the primary residence! 

I’ve been diligently looking and analyzing deals for over a year and have not come across anything that pencils out.