If I were in your position starting out at a young age I would focus on building my credit score first.

I am planning to get into the TN real estate market as my first investment and am looking for some information.In particular: Areas to steer clear of, property management fees, typical cosmetic rehab costs, etc.My strategy is to put large down payments on 2 properties (relative to housing prices) to help pay for my living in NY while still gaining appreciation in a growing real estate market.

This is a growing trend in rentals to increase cash flow and help your community with affordable housing! 

., on SF investing and buy and hold, and fix and flip, I believe MF is one of the areas I want to work and grow and develop.

., a strong university or a growing industry).

@Ian FortneyWe checked out Jaco, and from what I have researched and learned was during COVID it was a strong growing  area, then everything came to halt and very little has restarted.  

Their business still needs to grow up. 

Or you can just put it all into the reserve account, growing that to buy your next property and/or for future capex or vacancy/unit make-ready expenses.

This allows them to get more capital so they can make more loans without having to grow their asset base, while also maintaining their relationship with the customer through monthly payments.

He knows we plan on continuing to grow our portfolio.