I am licensed and Real Estate has been my full-time career for the past two years, my partner recently left her nursing job and is helping me scale the business now that we are planting roots here. 

They haven’t been too bad but I’m looking at smaller units.

I'm not a fan of 100% debt because of the consequences of deals that go bad. 

Nothing like first hand experience and meet with local realtors, contractors and attend an RE meetup while you're there.There are good and bad areas to invest everywhere. 

It is not going to get any better and if markets adjust or you end up with a bad tennat or unexpected capitol expences or another special HOA assessment you will be kicking yourself for not selling now.

My plan is to try and excel in my new career and begin building up multiple streams of income through real estate investing.

@Issac Braun that is too bad. 

Theyll take care of the nuisance landlord headaches, but you'll still own it (a good thing) and be on the hook for major repairs like roof and HVAC (a bad thing). 

I love how she handles those bad contractors wearing the FBI shirts and those who don't respect women in the real estate industry.

Now, how likely is this to hold true on a small lease in small claims court probably not a huge issue but if one's truly worried hypothetically could be bad.