Curious to see what routes Bigger Pockets members have taken in this scenario, and how they got started...- Invest in an out-of-state apartment complex and have a property manager run it?

Lessons learned :one we were our own property management and wanted to go this route to learn the ropes and the understanding of what is involved in being your own property managementTwo Challenges are being first time property management it is more difficult than we realized and time consuming that’s where the difficulty came in as the amount of time and effort put into Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

It may or may not be worth going this route.

Highly recommend anyone using hard money to attempt to go this route.

Is this even the best route?

Have you considered the syndication route?

I am considering the landlord route.

That means that I will either be saving up to a larger amount (50k+), and/or using hard/private money to finance deals via BRRRR strategy.If you're going turnkey route, I'd love to see where you aren't paying retail and getting significantly better than 1%.

From what I have read so far my interest is leading me to wholesaling as I don't have the capitol to go the traditional route. 

Being a first time investor, if you're going to go the route of a national lender, it's reasonable to expect to pay 3-5 pts and 11-13% depending on the property type, your credit score and the LTV at which your loan is scored.