All depends what matches your goals the best to get started.  

Hopefully, this provides perspective.Keep in mindThe Fed started hiking rates in March 2022, and only stopped tightening in July 2023, having lifted short-term interest rates by 525 basis points or 5.25%.Average 30-yr mortgage rates started moving aggressively upward a bit earlier (in January 2022) and only peaked (at just over 8%) in October 2023.

HI Dean,You can always start off by house hacking meaning you live in one UNIT or ROOM and renting out the other vacant units/rooms to offset your monthly mortgage payment.There are several ways to run and make sure you are maximizing your rental income while keeping your living expense as low as possible.

The new tenants, starting their lease on September 1, have asked to move their furniture in earlier.Can the current tenants request the keys back since their lease isn't over until August 31?

I'd like to make some rental friendly upgrades and upgrades In general to my 1910 home but don't know where to start. 

If you need liability coverage only, you can get a personal umbrella insurance policy from most carriers, likely your current property insurance company would be the one I'd start with.~ Lindsey

When I first started buying real estate, my first rate was over 13%, so the rates right now are still reasonable in my mind.Again, I am not saying my strategy is the best.

It all starts with building your team.

Investing in real estate is not really that passive especially starting out.

My starting point was what rentcast had for my house, Ive lowered it so much already and its well below what rentcast has rent set at for the area.