Purchase Price: $585k with a $100k down payment on a 2.7% interest rate. 

We highly recommend though, having a local expert that you can run addresses by, to confirm the target property in on a good block before signing a purchase contract.

It's not all rainbows & unicorns, but the city has turned the corner on recovery and those that get in now, in the right areas, should ride a solid recovery wave to wealth.Now that we've covered that, read our standard copy & paste advice about rental investing below:)Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.So, when investing in areas they don’t really know, investors should research the different property Class submarkets.

This leaves me with single-family turnkey or BrRR opportunities, which I would most likely convert from primary residence to rental property six months after purchase. 

I've purchased turnkey properties, as well as BRRRR style transactions in multiple Midwest markets.

I plan to purchase a 2-unit+ property as a first-time owner to get all the advantages Maryland offers, and scale from there. 

If I was an out of state buyer I would purchase homes over in Coro Lakes or East of Third Street near Shelby Drive and Horn Lake Road. 

Being able to force appreciation through value-add work is a safety net during volatile times, especially if you end up needing to exit soon after purchasing and rehabbing.In the next few years...🛠️ you'll have time to complete a good amount of rehab work on your own💰 you'll likely be earning more at work than your starting salary now, and the monthly payment will be less of a burden🔵you'll likely make friends who may be willing to rent a room or two from you (house hack) to reduce your monthly expenses, if the monthly payment is difficult for you💸you'll likely be able to refinance at a lower rate.

You should KNOW the rental laws before you even look for a property to purchase with the intent of renting it out. 

Cross reference with employers with higher education off linkedin (use an API), and see if there's a correlation between housing prices in districts which are being gentrified, school ratings over that time period, and housing prices (in fact maybe there's another correlation between if these employers work for recently IPO'd companies and are exercising fresh options to purchase real estate).