I inspect ones that one of my guys haven't been in recently for a repair.I also say no subleasing in my lease.

I run one of those homes as a STR.We're now back in California but I stay active in the Detroit market and help a lot of (primarily OOS) investors be successful there.All that to say... be open to your region in general.

I know a guy who looks like me who has a podcast and youtube channel and membership group, you have paperstac videos, @Jamie Bateman does one on one mentoring, @Dan Deppen has a due diligence course.PS: One note investor with initials SC who has lots of youtube - be careful and you can easily check his reviews out on BP

@Nima Rezvani Yes you can 1031 from one investment property to another investment property and then later convert it from investment to your primary residence.When you have then owned the property for at least 5 years and lived in it for at least 2 out of the 5 years immediately prior to sale you can then sell it. 

Also what would be one thing you would absolutely would not do knowing what you know now. 

Separately, I will be needing to raise rent for existing tenant to match market rates. 

My one concern is the experience.

Is that the best to start or should I aim to be driving for dollars and be a wholesaler one day?

After she passed it became a rental to a slum land lord and after one of his tenants destroyed the property while having 8 people living inside it's 950 sq ft, he and I had a conversation and I bought it from him as-is for 69,000 and he didn't have deal with the mess they left.

The best way for us to do that currently is to purchase new primaries with low down payments and rent our previous ones.