@Brie Schmidt discusses how budgeting could assist you with your $10k effort.Consider reviewing craigslist for your area as a resource to confirm available area rents, as does @Michele Bruce per her podcast.We don't give away fee to PMs for tenant sourcing or screening.You'll need a relationship with your tenant and it should begin before you agree to have them rent your place.Landlord work early in an investing career tends not to be an arms length effort.Be wary of trying to make it so for any stage.Yours is likely not really a question as to what to do with the equity you have in the home but more as to whether you want to be a landlord and whether your market is tenant rich.Good luck.

Early in my career, I performed economic and financial analysis on large real estate transactions.

Once I land my career and get a house, then I will be investing. 

So, I clicked the button to do that, and -- all the fields in the lease cleared and I lost all my work!!!

If you have a crazy demanding career then bump up to the B properties that will need less of your time.I don't have a hard money lender for you. 

Plus, the housing activist lawyers would represent the tenants gratis, and have a field day slowing down yours ellis eviction.

I'm graduating college with a Bachelors in Business Management in December.  The job scene still isn't great and I know a lot of people with similar degrees who can't find work.  I'm considering going to work in the N...

My wife is medical field and I am business for self so i really don't need the right offs.

Jump start your REAL ESTATE career!

Welcome Justin,I am from the Chicago area myself and found bigger pockets a couple weeks ago and must say that it is one of the best things that has happened to me in my RE career.