How did you develop your knowledge of real estate investing? Self-taught, trial and error, passed on knowledge, books, videos, or something else? No one in my family has ever had the opportunity to invest in properties so I'm kind of on my own here

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Family for some, definitely some things you can learn through that relationship but we are currently trying to limit what our family know about our finances. Don’t do business with family or friends is very true.

Books, a classic for the mindset is rich dad poor dad.

Podcasts, bigger pockets has tons of different perspectives and ideas for how you can structure your investments.

Finally, nothing quite like doing things yourself at the beginning. Managing your first property will teach you so much. With some scale a property manager is a great resource for directing your energy into more important tasks than just managing tenants.

You will never know everything, but you can learn almost anything.

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Self taught / trial and error. I did all my own calculations prior to making investments. I didn’t even know about some of the specific KPIs people look at to evaluate properties until coming here.

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Go to meet up groups and find mentors. Most people are very willing to help if you come to them with specific questions and value their time. Take people out to lunch or for coffee. Talk to more than one person to get different views on how to do this, especially since what worked 10 years ago likely won’t work today. Podcasts and books can help familiarize you with the lingo. Bigger Pockets is a great start.

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