To begin, it is important to educate yourself on various strategies, establish a strong network, set clear goals, conduct thorough market research, start with small investments, and create a financial plan.

Then once you build up a general knowledge base and understand your exact strategy and the inventory available in your market then you can ask more specific questions to help you along the way.

I am currently reading 'How to Invest in Real Estate' by Joshua Dorkin & Brandon Turner to learn more prior to pursuing a long-term rental strategy.

, city/state/federal rental program contacts, handymen, insurance reps, other brokers/agents, and more- Market knowledge: Familiarity with areas of service.

As you may know, buy and hold rental properties strategy is a long term play.

*We have not purchased any properties yet and will consult with my accountant, I’m just curious for overall strategy purposes

Is your DSCR ratio greater than 1-meaning are you cash flowing (according to the lender's criteria of mortgage, property taxes and insurance (and HOA) if applicable).

Despite some setbacks from poor advice, I am determined to continue.I believe I've located the right information to begin exploring various strategies for both short and long-term investing.

It is FAR better to start your process with the entity you intend to use or just accept that you are going to own the property personally and buy plenty of insurance.

There are also some groups that get you access so additional features, business training, investment trainings, strategies, business networks for investors to scale up with each other, etc.