-My goal is to build a passive net monthly income of $4k/month by the end 2022.

Good luck with your house hacking goal in Yucca Valley outside of the "stumps." keep us posted on the multi market in the area, lord knows I will be following suit in FY19 if I end up with orders there myself.

Ultimately, the smartest thing for you to do is identify your goals for REI.

As many have mentioned, you can hit your rent goal in pretty much any area in Baltimore for a 3 BR home.

Goals-Short term Create a property management firm Buy two properties to rehab and sellBuy one property to rehab and rent out Build a house on my dads property to rent out- Long TermCreate monthly passive income that matches my monthly W2 income Employ at least 3 family members with my property management firm Eventually retire from a W2 job and become a full time real estate investor I realize that i am young and dumb.

@Michael Greenberg AirBnB-type rental isn't my goal. 

This was one of our original goals. 

My goal is to start with a small MFH in Livingston County or Washtenaw County that I can put a little sweat equity into, maybe a SFH if I cant get into multi's at first.

Just a young 24yr old with lots of energy and curiosity to learn and make some goals become reality!

My goal is fix and flip my way to use the profits to buy and hold Multi Family.