I wholeheartedly believe in the end you will come out ahead, but you must be prepared to weather potential storms with the strain of limited to no cash flow, which can be challenging. 

That's a great way to learn from others who are in the same boat or farther ahead of your curve.

Getting one property and cashflowing it will be a challenge. you can try seller financing but you are still going to be highly levered which just enhances the risk that you are taking on.The best way to grow is to focus on managing your rental, saving money through your W2 and crushing that - if you are a realtor you will make more crushing it as being a realtor than over leveraging real estate - then save for down payment and buy slowly. its not a rush.

None of these things will bring success tomorrow, but with doing them consistently every day, I will wake up in 5,10,20,30,40,60 years and be miles ahead of everyone else.2) Never stop learningThere is only growth or decay, there is no middle ground.

Besides planning/maximizing the current tax season, I'd also plan ahead.

If you're able to download the SPD (Summary Plan Description), there will be a section pertaining to loans where you could find out and know ahead of time.

If foreclosure is what you want to invest in get a head of the game and focus on a target area and know if that HOA is a pain to work with, you might just find someone who wants to sell quickly to get aways from the HOA.

Being a normal person and giving someone a heads up has not bit me, yet.In addition to what the law requires, I always shoot the tenant a heads up either via text, call, or email.If they are mostly responding to email, then shoot them an email.Emojis and gifs work wonders in today's day in age.

You are already ahead of most of the others just starting out.

In fact, getting ahead of it now while your business is small might enable you to grow faster so you're not scrambling to build these in the middle of the growth.