Can anyone offer up advice for someone who wants to start investing in real estate?

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First piece of advice is to narrow it down a bit. Do you want to invest in REITs? Do you want to be a landlord? Do you want to buy land and build structures?

Real estate is a very large field. There are tons of methods to invest and tons of different things to invest in.

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It would be either REITs or the land and build structures

Buy a multi family and live in one unit for a while. Research rents and costs so that you chose a place where rents are high enough to cover most or all of the mortgage. Then save and buy another.

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