The stairs seem to be done wrongly...they are quite narrow front to back AND steep.  

@Matt Pine  You've narrowed it down to what you want to do, so that is the first step. 

Hi All,I live in NYC and I am thinking of buying a rental property in Philadelphia and have narrowed down my search in the Port Richmond and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

There is no easy path to starting REI and difficult paths will lead to the biggest opportunity.If you are using wholesaling to get into buy and hold real estate investing; I would start with a narrow focus on low down opportunities for yourself and let the wholesaling be a by product of your own acquisition process.Do some research into the subject to process and reach out to other local investors here and by attending networking events.

I started with researching certain markets and I’m narrowing them down now.

It’s a pretty narrow topic that I would not expect an average seller to understand. 

Since this will be my first investment, my goal is to buy and hold and hopefully get a reasonable cash flow going by renting it out.After doing some general research on good growth markets I have narrowed down my choices to Denver, Austin, Portland, Seattle and San Diego.

I currently live in Cumming, Georgia and am trying to narrow down on a niche.  

@Jarrod Covey, @Sterling Williams, @Leland BarrowNow CNBC listed Austin & Dallas as top two contenders for Amazon HQ2... https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/16/as-amazon-narrows-...Which area of Austin / Dallas will be home of Amazon if this happen... 

We are going to take our criteria that will include location, price, etc, to narrow it down first, then there are still too many so we narrow it down or at least prioritize with rules of thumb.