You may be able to learn a thing or two just by hearing other seasoned professionals speak about their business.Every journey begins with a single step, so you have to start from the ground up and walk before you run.

Should I just start with a single family home?

I would bet the company that told you the part is out of production could tell you the old price and give you a labor cost to install. 

Being new to this, what are some known strategies that people use to purchase a second, third, fourth property quickly [within a couple of years] opposed to waiting for that single property to bring in enough income to afford the next purchase?

You may not be losing money, but you have an opportunity cost because you will have to sit on the sidelines while your cash sits in that property.I think you have to consider opportunity costs when you are betting on natural appreciation.

Developing multifamily, townhomes, and single family homes are the most ideal. 

My heart goes out to her because she's a single mom who has lived through a tough six years: lost her husband in a motorcycle accident, raising three young children with special needs and survived a bout with breast cancer.

It is a single family home on a property that is zoned commercial.

hollywood fl deal my agent sent me. in between this and a single studio in galleria loft in fort lauderdale

I don’t know if I want to start with the single family home or multi family house.