The 'extra veil to pierce' concept is not always correct.

The Wall Street Journal recently reported, “Austin offices are 59%-occupied—and cracked the 60% threshold last month—according to data from Kastle Systems, an office-security firm that records workers’ comings and goings by measuring badge swipes into skyscrapers and corporate campuses.

Changed the ceiling in a bedroom that was flat and pooling water, electrical, pex plumbing, roof, central A/C added, new drywall in about 70% of the home and restructured the living space to give an open concept dining/living area as well as create a 3rd bedroom.

First you need to get past the 'extreme fear' concept.

Changed the ceiling in a bedroom that was flat and pooling water, new electrical, new pex plumbing, new roof, new central A/C added, new drywall in about 70% of the home and restructured the living space to give an open concept dining/living area as well as create a 3rd bedroom.

There are other considerations (unrelated adult occupancy limits, for instance), and the math is simple (what about repairs, for instance), but the concept is easy and replicable.

For the third consecutive year, a study by The Wall Street Journal and Moody’s Analytics crowns Austin the country’s hottest job market among major metro areas.In ranking the 55 metros with at least 1 million residents, the study looked at five attributes: job growth, unemployment rate, share of adults working or looking for work, change in the size of the workforce, and change in average weekly wages.

The Bigger Pockets (or David Green) concept of every deal has three legs just bring two and you can find the third is 1,000% TRUE:  In every deal you need the following:  The Deal, The Money and The Hustle... if you can find a solid deal and are willing to do the work (bring the hustle) you can easily find the MONEY! 

Originally posted by @Alan Marentes:so as someone who is completely new to this how would i start owning a rental property and not using much of my own money You can start by learning basic concepts.

Buying with cash and then placing a "Line of Credit" (LOC) on the property - this might not be a bad idea but let's cover a few things; the concept of a Line of Credit is that I use that LOC and then pay it back.