Creating other streams of income is the name of the game I play as well.Since you plan on holding rental property, check out this video for quick tips on how to evaluate deals as they come along:

One thing you may want to watch out for....sometimes the investors who have been in the game for a long time and have made a lot of money, especially at this price point, have not kept up with maintenance, or have purposely neglected maintenance because they knew they would be cashing out soon.

The wife and I's game plan is to find a turnkey SFH and that we can do a little rehabbing/upgrading to, adding value over the course of 1-2 years.

With a property in that price point, I would probably proceed now with the listing agent rather than backtrack to find your own agent and risk being too late to the game.

Here is a quick video breakdown of the 50% rule.

I was just out there this past summer visiting a buddy and checking out an Astros game.

Investing With No MoneyI put together a video about that!

So that game has a clock you can't control, not much you can do.  

Sounds like you're already ahead of the game.

The housing bubble busted him too for speculating.My goal in real estate is to get out of the rat race and become financially free in 15 years.Last but not least, I found bigger pockets googling for a website that I could share my excitement of investing in real estate and learn from the people playing the game I would like to win in.