Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Enterprise.

Purchase price: $10,000

Cash invested: $43,000

Sale price: $110,000

Worked on the project from June to December, ...

It's going to be a single family property.

The single family home is worth 200k.

I am looking for my first deal to be a rental for a single family home.

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?

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?

I have only purchased a single RE that I projected as cash neutral property and it had a $45k to $60K value add.In my primary market, the long-term appreciation track record goes back at least 60 years. 

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.