A little bit about my experience in Real Estate… I started a couple years ago doing some house flips in Detroit ( It was a 2 year plan) then decided to sell everything, moved to Washington DC which can’t afford anything in the DMV area but last year I purchased a very nice 3500 SQFT Duplex in Shaker Heights, suburb of Cleveland. 

Hi, I set up a Solo 401k last year to start funding my investments in real estate.

Ideally, want to replace all of my income, but I'll start small.

If the rental is in town, maybe start looking on Craigslist, FB Marketplace and OfferUP for quality used furniture to have as backups?

I would advise starting sooner than later.

To be honest, this sounds like a scenario that would be very difficult to start off with.

Starting one from the ground up, or buy an existing property that is for sale?

With property taxes and insurance on the rise, some investors are even seeing neutral or negative cash flow at the start.

There are no more new large projects started.

Some of those can be good, but most are just regurgitated versions of other people's courses.If you want to be successful in real estate investing, start with transparency.If you are a new investor, use it to your advantage.