I started out investing in land in a small town just outside of Las Vegas in Clark County Nevada.

$100-$150/SF + land costs.

Network with other investors/landlords and pick their brain about it.

Works great and is free.When you receive a call, it'll ask you to press 1 to answer, so it gives you an idea that the party calling has dialed your Google voice number.A land line is really not that great, since unless you have that forwarded to your mobile phone, you can miss calls.If you wait long to get back to someone, that can very well be a missed opportunity.

Diane,Are you buying land with the home or just the home?  

Hi,My RE agent provides me some listing of Land Investment.

His plan is to buy a piece a land, build several townhouses, sell enough to pay for the rest that will be kept as rentals. 

Preferred Exit is to have this turnkey ready for a Landlord Investor.

In all reality I've never seen 30-50% vacancy in my 26 years of landlording...

Definitely get into the landlord and rental forums and listen to the pod casts about buy and holds.