Starting with an owner-occupied duplex is a smart way to build equity and gain experience.

@Emily Shin landlord experience is invaluable for a career in rental real estate.It's not something you may want to do long term, but the experience can help you select and manage PMCs.

So yeah, my experience has been outstanding and they customer service has been exemplary.

For the past two years, I’ve been diving deep into the world of real estate, and I’ve accumulated over four years of active experience in acquisitions.

After talking with my mentor (He's a realtor with 20+ years experience) he suggested purchasing a rental property first.

I'd  love to hear your feedback and experience if you have any.

I manage around 400 rentals with 14 years of experience and have never been sued once.

I post my rental listings on FurnishedFinder and Facebook (there's a couple DU living fb groups) and have had a good experience with hardly any vacancies. 

@Robert Gorra - I've had a similar experience where I've had a really hard time with getting GC's to even give me an estimate, and the few that have have been way overpriced (ie, they want me to put in $20k of cabinets in a budget flip) or have had their prices go up by about 40% and still not give me a firm price when I try to nail down the scope of work.

You don't need to know everything to get started; you need a foundation to build on, and the rest will come through experience and then refining your education.You can build a basic understanding of investing in 3-6 months.