Yes, I have listened into the podcasts and I'm listening through Brandon Turner's book "Rental Property Investing" now.Travis - great recommendation, and thanks for putting it out there.

For acquiring your first property, I suggest using a bank.

If I/we had started buying investment properties (even 1 a decade) it would greatly have improved our financial wellbeing.Learn from my regret

Anything too much has larger room for error on your first property since you are new to real estate and learning how to work with contractors and tenants. 

The time has now come that my wife and I are finally ready to pull the trigger on our first property - a residential multi-family in the Milwaukee area.At the same time, I've been experiencing severe burnout and unsustainable amounts of overtime at my day job (60+ hours/wk for months).

But you need to have some money sitting around in case of emergencies whether personal or for the investment property. 

Investors are being more cautious and looking for properties that can generate strong rental income right away to help cover the higher financing costs.

I’d love to hear more about what kind of improvements were made to the property and how long the project took from purchase to sale.

Hello, I’m searching for a property manager for my three family, gut-renovated, vacant property in Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn .

Hi @Christopher Crooks - I'm not in TN, but manage 3 STR properties remotely.