Research the are heavily to make sure the market is strong and your investment will grow.

Although BR proper, is not growing nearly as fast as the surrounding suburbs, it's still growing.

Do you already have some property and want to grow?

Bigger Pockets is the best place anywhere to soak it all in, discover and grow new relationships, and network with partners.

Most property management companies have a tremendous feel for where the highest rents are and which areas are growing the most. 

In the meantime, you grow your portfolio of BRRRR properties and eventually, they will appreciate enough and you will pay off enough principal to have a lot of wealth.

Consider that spending $30K right now (or even over the next five years for payments) vs. saving that $30K and letting it grow for the next 30 years. 

If you put 50k down for a 250k four unit, you have four rent checks potentially and you equity grows every month.

The seller then 1031 exchanges into something else.Equity and wealth keep growing.

With MHP's becoming so popular right now, if the market doesn't drop out, they will be even more popular, and the ever consolidation of the industry, cap rates are compressing because more people are getting into the space that have lower return objectives and are fine with lower returns because they are placing their capital that has historically earned them lower returns than what they are used to based on never investing in this asset class.