@Phyllis JonesI would start with a single family house that is rent ready but has no tenants.

The wife is ready to sell me the home but she will not approach the husband that lives in a different city about signing the deed.

I do not know the area at all, but just by Zillow and changing the criteria to show sold properties in the last 12 months, it looks like houses in the surrounding blocks are mostly $130-150k ready to go (not fully rehabbed to be top notch).

I stumbled upon real estate investing via YouTube and have recently become obsessed with the idea of turning my savings account into a money making machine (like many others).  I've been soaking in quite a bit of know...

@Savannah King Since it's already rehabbed and ready to go you could offer to buy a 30 day option and see if you can flip it to a landlord.

It looks to be rent ready.

I have been reading, listening to podcasts, reading forum posts and excited and ready to jump in.

We've never sold them for that reason.Another thing most people don't realize, is that owners are typically no where near being ready to sell, especially with any level of distress in the price, that early in the process.

Being ready for a downturn gives people the opportunity.

Then when you are ready to make the move, rent out the condo .... just make sure that wherever you buy allows you to rent it out.