It is important to be constantly educating yourself so that you know what is real/fantasy. 20 years into our RE investing journey and we work to find things to learn every single day.

Apartments and single family homes are not renting to the same market, there is some overlap but they are genuinely different products.

@Gerald J Flattmann III Hello, I service the San Tan Valley and Apache Junction area for investors and provide Property Management in the same.20 years in Arizona, all residential in the SE Valley with the last 6 as Property Management.I manage everything from single family to 12 plex at this time.

Not my cup of tea.You best bet IMHO is to drop the deals right here in the forum for us to look at.

I have a two family and a single family house which I live in.

He own a single family home with 2 beds and 1 bath, the address is 216 S Buchanan St, Fremont, OH.

I bet it's a big change from NY.

It is important to remember that if you buy a single family home that you will live in for a while, consider living in it for 2 years before you sell because the IRS will allow you to exclude up to $250,000 of capital gain on your property from being taxed ($500,000 for married couples).

That's going to be almost entirely owner occupied stuff where single family houses are selling for above $250k and things of that nature. 

Most investors start with single-family homes, duplexes, or quadplexes, but as they become more experienced and creditworthy, they move up to larger syndication deals as passive LP partners.