New to real estate investing and just joined the community!

Welcome to BPSearch on these forums  and see some posts like thishttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/55/topics/1087923-newbi...Also look at meetups locally to meet REAL investors:)

The one hang up on sliders is if you're using them for a washer/dryer closet, in which case the sliders are a real PITA to get the laundry from one machine to the other. 

There are obviously a lot more factors that go into it - real estate is always going to be a mix of the tangible property/market itself with a mix with the investor/operator including experience, risk appetite, financial situation etc.I would say however if you are just getting started in real estate - LTRs are probably (in a vacuum) the better bet as STRs are certainly more sophisticated and challenging from an investor perspective

I have read that real estate investors look for property that meet the 2% rule. 

Wanna be investors who ask questions like “ what’s the best way to invest in real estate”10.

While it is hard to get in, renting out your space should be rather simple if you are charging fair rates.The best returns I am seeing with my clients is investing into turnkey real estate and putting 25% down (25% gets you better rate than 20%).

Hi,Looking for guidance on what cities are best for real estate investment.

I'm looking into starting off into real estate investing with my partner and have been looking into the Milwaukee area with a buy and hold strategy in mind. 

P.S. a lot more can be done with $1K in Real estate than you could imagine.