Would you recommend it to someone who is new to real estate and just trying to get their feet wet ?

and am now educating myself on the BRRRR strategy after I've gotten my feet wet.

Get my feet wet with my first investment. 

When you run into this on older homes, just as some that still have wood shingles or "had" wood shingles on it (they used 1x4 lathe boards to support the wood shingles, many times with no underlayment... as the wood shingles expanded when they started to get wet, closing the gaps!)..

If it's just a sink, technically it's just a wet bar.

I’m super excited to get my feet wet.

Another scenario similar to what you detailed, but with a larger raise up front: IF you raised $200 up front, then $100 after 6 months, and $100 6 months after that, you cut the difference down to $1800, which is probably RIGHT IN LINE with what it would cost you in cleaning/maintenance and coughing 1st month rent over to property management's lease-up fee. 

To gain experience in the world of real estate and to get my feet wet if you will. 

And being new to this, one mistake could wipe out your reserves.You could easily get your feet wet by buying and selling CHEAP land as Jill suggests.

Get your feet wet, then dive in!