Dwelling deeper I found that many wanting to wholesale believe that wholesaling is either real estate investing or a real estate business while being a real estate agent is just another “job”.  

Local bank loan Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Hire a Real Estate Agent5.

One thing I like about real estate over stocks is that there is always the underlying asset with RE, and it's rare for RE values to go to zero in good locations, but there is the risk of that happening in places like Detroit.

If you have any tips about house hacking or real estate in general it would all be appreciated!

I am in the process of getting my real estate license and very much eager to get into Real Estate investing.Thanks in advance.

Im new to real estate investing and have a question concerning my first property.

Also remember that Real estate is a long-term play so even if the cash flow isn't a "home run" right now you can refi later and hopefully even pull out some equity you can put down on another one, bringing you closer to financial freedom.Thanks for reading BP!  

If you are looking to calculate return on a real estate investment, I'm happy to help you further with that - send me a DM. 

If you look outside city limits make sure you do some research on the septic system, your lot size, if you even have room for a backup field , the ability to replace septic is becoming a real issue statewide.