I am new to real estate and haven't/Still looking for my first duplex or property to invest in.

Just starting out I would consider MLS (you have to make a lot of offers), working with wholesalers, and checking FSBO websites.If you want to get advanced you could also try some of your own direct-to-seller marketing, keeping in mind it will take a while (usually 1-2 months +) to see any fruit from that.What markets are you looking in?

Once you're in, I promise you that you'll have wished you got in sooner.

Columbus, Ohio is a great market to land in!

You have great credit, so as long as the MF property you're interested in is also profitable, you'll be eligible for the loan.

@Marcus B Hsu I'm in the middle of a cash out refinance and I haven't even looked at the points lol every property is different but this is a BRRRR i'm living in, I just needed to pull out over $20k to get all cash out and I'm pulling out $38k, my rate dropped from 4.5% to 2.9%, and our monthly payment will go up less than $100 per month and thats all I needed to know to pull the trigger. 

I'm looking to purchase my first investment property and I was thinking of purchasing a duplex or a single-family (depending on what I find available in the given city/market), in the northeast (PA,NJ, NY) and looking to spend less than 230K, what cities and markets have you been successful in?

All in I was $129K invested (including the construction overruns that came out of my own pocket, a little over $9K), $14K of that was my own money.

I research the property myself and in I like it I go to the listing agent.

In theory, if the price was right, is that something you as a potential investor would be interested in?