@Chris T.

Most people new to the biz and cant afford them platforms.

Yael T.

The best I can come up with is: start now, buy a fixer-upper house that you can reasonably afford, and join Bigger Pockets.

@JaNae Anderson  Vallejo is a very affordable place to invest along with other areas along 80 going towards sac... if your going to hire contractors do it there so you can watch them.. your not going to get any deals that are that much better or cheaper than Vallejo...

Memphis, Milwaukee, Michigan and many other places provide you properties that are affordable, excellent value and within a cheap plane flight as well.

My philosophy on rentals is, "If you can't afford to keep it vacant, you can't afford to keep it." 

But there's buyers out there who don;t appreciate the risk in buying a seller financed note and may offer a low discount.  

It has the potential to work out really well for you but tax lien investing is a p-a-t-i-e-n-c-e test.  

This will put an inquiry on your credit, but that has minimal effect, drops off relatively quickly, and the increased limit will improve your utilization rate.As far as condos go, I know a lot of people on BP don't like them because they don't afford you the amount of control that an SFR would, and I somewhat agree.