If you buy a duplex and your "cost" per month is 750 (just using a number) but for you to rent or (even buy) a similar single family it would cost you 2000 a month then you are still 1250 a head every month! 

Hey I’m 17, living in the US and I’m trying to learn about real estate investing, what are the steps in this business, what’s the best way to go about it and I think a discord would be really helpful for me to understand.

@Francine Geike If the investment property doesn't seem to bring in enough cash flow to comfortablyprovide a return, a 1031 exchange might be a good option for you.

fix them up well, and list them at a good fair market price (this goes back to what your ARV was to begin with), and get that on the market (lower is better to build up to that price, and attract more buyers)!

I'm Keith Thompson from CT, interested in real estate investing for a few years now.

Cleveland is a great market for that.

just taking a moment to introduce myself on here.

But regardless of how promising a market may be, it's important that you have a way to source good deals, whether that be through a wholesaler, agent, etc.  

Can anyone recommend a great REI friendly agent? 

However, there are more and more resources that are helping the industry as a whole, so hopefully this will shift more positively in the coming years.