I want to purchase an investment property where I live & rent the other unit to help w/ mortgage. What would be the first step? find a broker or get preapproved first? Any advice would be appreciated.

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You can approach it in 2 ways as you have mentioned.
If you are ready to invest and have some amount saved up, better to get pre-approved so it shows you are serious and sellers as well as realtors will be more enthu to help you.
Or you can also contact a realtor and discuss your needs with them without being pre-approved. Both are correct and each of them have their pros and cons.
However I would recommend doing some basic search on Zillow etc. and running some numbers using the calculator to have a rough idea about the ranges in which you are looking and if that investment is profitable.

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Following as I want to do the same in the next couple of months.

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