Start with Neighborhood → THEN look at deals.Baltimore is hyper-block-by-block.

Live in house hacking on a multifamily is always going to be the best way to start.

No better way to get started than this! 

Start smaller if you need to.A duplex, fourplex, or two side-by-side duplexes is a perfect first BTR project.

There is software and ways to self manage but I would not recommend that to start. 

A lot of hard money lenders won’t touch a deal once demo has started because they can’t verify the scope or what’s been done so far, but the ones who do this regularly will just underwrite it as a “rehab in progress.”Here’s your best path:1.

That's the best way to start, no question. 

I am eager to get started but just feel like I don't have enough money to get started, especially in my market.

The Facebook gurus will disagree and tout their students that have killed it starting with nothing. 

We recently bought our first home this year, and although we are a ways out from purchasing our first rental property, I wanted to get a head start and start learning and gain the skills and knowledge we will need when the time comes.