Everyone here is still learning, and we all started our journey somewhere.

I have about 25000 saved up and I'm living at home for free how much of that should I spend on a property or save.How does someone truly manage a property "effectively" from a distance?

It seems to me that the minute the government got involved these solar companies started acting like they were protected and did not need to give any customer service. 

I have called a few places and the cost is about 8K from start to finish.

You can charge a hefty premium because with the shop fully equipped the operator saves the cost of outfitting the shop and the time and effort required.

I'm going to start gathering investment property quotes this week but wondering if anyone has any guidance on whether the cost varies depending on the type of rental?

And this would be attractive because if they have cash laying around, you'll give them a better return than it's making in a savings account, CD, etc. 

to get to the point, i would find an area likely to experience more demand and ensure the financials work out for both MTR & LTR's. i would ideally start out with a fourplex and depending how that goes, possibly scale from there. i do believe that it is more traditional to syndicate on larger properties so i am wondering if you know if it is possible to syndicate, starting off, for one fourplex or even one MTR condo. my gut feeling is to start with one beach-front condo in florida that requires $37,250 down . a new construction fourplex, however, i could finance with a USDA loan myself and not have to consider investors so that may make things easier, possibly.no airbnb's. maybe VRBO. two week minimum stay. only in areas very likely to have housing demand due to new factories being built.i own/run an STR right now and it is going well with only the occasional hiccup.

I am reposting something I sent to the general starting-out community because it is specifically about STR.

@Ashish Wa you always end up getting exactly what you paid for.You should only go cheap when YOU know exactly what you are doing.Newbies trying to save pennies, almost always cost themselves dollars via their mistakes.