I'm brand new to the world of real estate investing and am excited about learning and getting my feet wet in the near future.I currently live in Albany, NY and am originally from a few hours south in the Hudson Valley region of NY.My girlfriend, a graphic designer, and I own a small non-fiction publishing company that we operate from our home.

The pros and cons of all approaches have been hashed out here numerous times and I'm guessing there are even some blog posts on the topic.

More expensive properties eliminate people that don't have access to funding/FHA buyers, so the competition is likely less numerous, though likely more sophisticated in general. 

I'd take care of mowing.Would you do it to get your feet wet?

@Tony GunterAround here there are numerous post-war houses which were built with no eave over the gable end - I suppose saving 12" of material for each gable added up when they were building 100 - 200 houses in a neighbourhood ;-)Depending on how much of an eave you wish to have there are two ways you can achieve it:The "correct" way:  You need to build a ladder which is cantilevered off of the end truss in your gable.

As in, I've read numerous blogs, attended meetings, attempted to dig up back taxed land parcels to flip, etc etc.

4) A bunch of these are major firms with numerous offerings I have seen.

Always been interested in real estate, especially in Multi Family Investing and finally got my feet wet in October 2016.

Not to mention that he has numerous tutorials on his website.

I’m currently looking in the Baltimore City/County area and I’d like to get my feet wet with a 2-4 unit property.