' ' "Beginning Your Wealth in Affordable Housing", is a down-to-earth, first-person account of an investor's start in residential real estate investment. The Author, Al Edwards II is a New Orleans real estate investor who began acquiring property in 1999. His depth of experience, having endured the city's recovery following Hurricane Katrina and the financial crisis years later inform his advice to the reader. The book details the catalysts that inspired his pursuit and the modest basis from which he began. It not only gives clues, but practical and actionable details as a guide to starting the wealth - building process via affordable rental property. The text and figures give a clear and encouraging picture, dispelling the myths of the challenges in investing while pointing out potential pitfalls; especially those the author experienced, himself. This little book will motivate the reluctant investor to act, armed with an awareness of the tangible path to wealth building through residential affordable housing; even if starting with very little money.