It would be a lot easier to get your feet wet if you lived here - I'm not sure how great investing from out of state might be.

Great way to get your feet wet without the uncertainty of income and initial upfront  (and recurring, it does cost money to maintain a license) cost.With the debt you mentioned, I'd be hesitant to add to the pile and would instead start grinding away at it with guaranteed income and side-work.

Hi I need to have a POA (my father in Reston VA) set up, ahead of time  being proactive to give wet signature to purchase of any property I buy, for purpose of speed efficiency for closeThe buyer is me, out of country (Singapore, u.s. citizen, buyer is LLc using my own and hard money,Purchase is Jacksonville FLNo contract yet.. being proactive..I'd like to give him POA for purchase of real estate as my LLC, for x amount of time.Do you think a title company will give me a general power of attorney form that I can Give POA to my father while I am out of country, without specific purchase address?

The best part about the deal is that I got my feet wet and am partnered with someone I trust and has done about 15 deals already.

If you are just Wanting to get your feet wet, you could play it safe with all cash and then us a HELOC to invest in more properties once you feel ready.

New investor here looking to start getting my feet wet this year.

Hi @Kylie MooreThe best way to get your feet wet is to get your real estate license and run comps on properties that you are interested in.

It is a wet system on the first 2 floors and basement and a dry system on the 3rd floor.  

But I do want to acquire a 5-12 unit property in the meantime to get my feet wet dealing with some issues on a smaller scale. 

There's no magic between them, and some of them buckle up when wet, especially if they're from China and not so good brand like shaw/traffic master where they'll replace the material and not installation cost, it's cheaper for them to replace 3% of total volume sold items.