I look forward to continuing to learn from the BiggerPockets community as I navigate my real estate investing journey.I’ve had some success on the eastern shore of Maryland, though even that market has started to frankly become expensive, there are still pockets of potential growth both rent & appreciation, thoigh it’s becoming harder to find, also there is a massive rental shortage out there, a county I just put a property contract on, literally has 3 properties for rent right now, but it does make rental comps quite difficult, outside of that I’ve started looking a little more into western Md and some southern pa markets but still trying to get a feel for them, overall I think in this market places that are affordableish and have some draw will do well with the continued wfh + affordability crisis but keep in mind while I think the eastern shore is actually fairly safe market for the most part a lot of rural areas definitely have boom bust potential and in theory more risk than dc metro, though the low price points do by definition tend to mitigate some of those risks. 

Keep in mind you'll never have every number that will be perfect.

Tips for doing well include making connections, keeping up with news, and being patient.Good luck!

If nothing else it keeps their go to guy honest. 

I love San Diego and also like doing Real Estate in San Diego. i am planning to figure out how to become a real estate professional along with keeping my W2 job as long as the Stadium Company does not fire me. i want to have a backup as my spouse also have a W2 and so if i get laid off i can be then consider full time real estate professional and then focus completely on my RE journey.

Andrew Keep in mind we don't know Don's basis.. 

Keep learning until you get the amount that you want saved up and you are ready to go.

Keep it simple....

Never give up, never back down, never take no for an answer, and keep dreaming.

I keep wondering about insurance, vacancy rates, if tenant selection is a bigger/ different factor, terms of the tenancy and differences in opex and capex?