Congrats on finding that duplex opportunity near a SUNY University—sounds like a promising start!

To start out, I'm finding renters on my own and am not renting through AirBnb or VBRO.

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So, if you start with a duplex, your next purchase could be a triplex or fourplex.

I'll start with the largest learning curve. 

When I first started out, I was insuring everything with USAA.

I wish I started when I was as young as you.

The ratio of each starts higher with interest expense in the first month and then higher with principal in the last month. 

As a beginner investor based in the Seattle metro area, I'm eager to learn from your experiences and share my journey as I get started in this field.My current strategy is to focus on live-and-flip for the first three deals (looking for my second deal) to gain hands-on experience while building equity and learning the ins and outs of renovation and the local market. 

I am well versed in pretty much every facet of Real Estate: house hack, LTR/MTR/STR, multifamily, and fix and flips primarily.Aside from that I am also (somewhat) a serial entrepreneur, having started and sold multiple business' over the last 15 years.I also meet with 20+ professionals every week, through referral groups, meetups, and just 1 on 1 sessions trying to get to know people and make connections.I would love to chat with you if you are looking to meet people and get more information about real estate in San Diego!