We only keep around 6-10k in savings.

I will research more and save

I would like to get a property to rent but not sure if I should look for a HML or pull from my savings?

We currently live frugally, have no debt, have built up our savings account and now we need to put it to work for us.I have some accidental experience with rental properties that weren't purchase as investments.

Every time we do we regret it because that means that we are putting someone into the property that doesn’t have the resources to save money and pay the option fee.

We are planning to house-hack when we move and use some savings to do some flipping to fund some brrrr deals on some smaller mfr's and scale up from there.I almost forgot this is just an introduction.

Now that i am out of the military working in a new W2 career, i am trying to get back into the RE investing and actually understand how to invest more appropriately and correctly compared to just purchasing houses that i would like to live in...Currently i have about 80k saved up for my next investment deal and just feel like im coming up short on anything even coming close to 1% rule, so to see if there are ways to invest it, i figured i would ask the public how they would go about investing the money, because i am always up for learning something new.If possible, could you throw a quick example or maybe a short answered deal you could possibly go buy today in your own market to get an idea...I am currently searching up to 2hrs from the Tampa, FL area.

@Alden Zuck I have seen a lot of these programs this one does not sound very different to me, you can learn most aspects of wholesaling online for free and save the $5,000 to put towards marketing. 

If you are not self-employed, then a self-directed IRA is a great option.Either way, the plan is all about diversification for retirement savings. 

As our first deal I’m looking for the best option so we can get moving, save profits and add more and more properties at a time into our portfolio.Thank you all so much.