So, if you need money right away, it may not be your best path to some cash.Real estate is a great way to build long term wealth and income.

I like getting down on paper what exactly I want to accomplish and the path to get there.

Since you're so young, you have the luxury of chosing which path you'd like to follow.

It was NEVER a path to success in any real business.

I am a new REI and I have yet to buy or sell my first home but I am excited to travel this new path.

Maybe we'll cross paths here in the biggest small town there is.

I have been looking for a year or two for a different path from the management position I hold.

I, too, have been getting started - I just finished listening to every single podcast and I highly recommend it for simply becoming familiar with the language and various paths within the REI world.  

I see the SFHs as a path to owning multi-family. 

The process is straightforward, and from start to end takes one to two months, depending on which of two legal paths are pursued.After the first tenant turnover, where we acted in haste to put so-so tenants in a so-so unit, we changed our approach on the next turnover.