I, and likely most people on here, would recommend finding a mentor in your area that has sor hands on experience with REI or property management.

A little bit about my experience in Real Estate… I started a couple years ago doing some house flips in Detroit ( It was a 2 year plan) then decided to sell everything, moved to Washington DC which can't afford anything in the DMV area but last year I purchased a very nice 3500 SQFT Duplex in Shaker Heights, suburb of Cleveland.

As I have been reading a lot of terrible experiences and stories about landlords getting burned due to tenants simply taking their softness for granted and especially taking advantage of a lot of elderly homeowners to live in the places for free and in some cases even filing lawsuits against landlords to simply make money out of them.

So leave the sensitive stuff for later (if ever—it’s not customary to provide that stuff in equity transactions and your debt folks are going to want current stuff or to run it themselves).Since you have experience, flaunt it.

This experience highlighted the importance of speed, market insight, and strong partnerships in achieving successful real estate investments with Partner Driven.

They should have current experience and plenty of it2.

I don't have personal experience with it though. 

Plus the added tax benefits to support my current situation ($120k a year as a "single" person with "0" dependents Uncle Sam definitely gets his cut) A home my family and I could use in the off seasons on vacation plus creating a unique experience with lifelong memories for our guests sounds great to me, regardless of whether it cash flows.

I’d be happy to share my experience and perspective on the current market and some tips on looking for multi family units.I’ll send you a dm and we can grab coffee soon

Hi RichardI am originally from the UK but have lived and worked in Spain since the seventies, I also have over thirty years experience in direct real estate sales and rentals in Spain.