Welcome to Biggerpocket @Charles CoastonThe ebook The BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Real Estate Investing is a good way to start and doing one baby step at a time would get you to your goal.

Hello,I am  new to real estate and I have shown interest in real estate investment since Sep14. I attended couple of seminars, read books, researched on REI online and watched YouTube videos.I am currently in the Navy...

If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing and The BiggerPockets Podcast.

However my plan was to do a "house hack" and buy a four-plex using a FHA 3.5% down payment loan and live in one of the units and rent the other 3 out as Josh and Brandon talk about in their beginners guide. 

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If you don't know what paths are available A great resource is the Ultimate Beginners Guide here on the site.George

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But I'm also aware that tax issues can and do arise when transferring property and, as you've probably recognized, I'm a big fan of preempting issues that immediately jump out to me, a complete beginner, as reasonably foreseeable.