A few years ago, I bought a house in my hometown while I was in graduate school (in another town) and rented it out until I moved back home and moved into it-so I don't really consider this my first rental. While we do plan to rent it out again someday, we plan to live in it for a while as the mortgage is so low that we can save a lot. On Monday, we closed on another house, which we have now found tenants for and will begin renting out on May 1st. I am a few months away from being 25 but since I was 17 til about 23, I worked for a rental property company learning everything I could about maintenance, repairs, and construction. After seeing what a beneficial investment it could be, I knew I wanted to invest in rental property so I started saving money early on. I know its not a lot compared to the feats that many of you are achieving and posting about but this has been a long-term goal to get started on my first investment property.