We would love advice on were to start and how?

The tenant is obligated to all lease terms until a new lease starts.

I just started a new job and therefore I would like to buy an investment property but I don’t know how to come up with the down payment. 

Now is a solid time to start strategizing your plan of attack before rates go down and AZ turns into a madhouse again. 

Looking to get started in my investment journey and trying to figure out some criteria on where to invest.

Let's start with first thinking how do your clients view you? 

Presumably it should be an animal that starts with a B...So I guess I'm beaverish or something on prices in my area in the next year. 

I haven't personally looked, but depending on how far you consider "something nearby" you could start to look towards Bakersfield/Fresno or moving east.

I've been in construction for almost 20 years at this point and I've decided to start my own business.

US 10 year Treasury yields tumbled (by nearly 10 basis points today and counting..) with the latest inflation metrics showing a dip last month indicating the Federal Reserve could start to lower interest rates this year with a now 80% chance of a September rate cut.