Practical Guide to Getting Started?

[Anthony Evans]

In short, I get the concept of how to make money investing into real estate.  I've read a few books on the topic, I've done some research online into it, etc.  However, everything I have seen so far just seems to gloss over the details and overfocus on the hype (how much money you can make, it's your "key" to financial freedom, etc.).  What I am trying to find is some resources that give you the actual steps on how to get started, such as:

1)  The process you should know in advance as to how real estate purchasing, selling, investing, etc. actually works and the various options you have to be able to do it (yourself, a real estate broker, etc.), what each of those options offer as far as advantages and disadvantages, etc.

2)  How to find good resources to help you find investments (seems like real estate brokers is the way to go, but I have absolutely no clue what to look for to find a good one as far as their background, let alone where to even look).

3)  What websites, companies, and other resources are good to utilize.

4)  How attorneys are involved, how to get them involved combined with brokers, etc.  (I ask this one as I see a lot of recommendations of utilizing an attorney to acquire foreclosed homes, but absolutely no idea what type of attorney, how to integrate them with a broker, etc.).

5)  Any other information that is important that I may have skipped over here.

I completely get the general concepts, but so far, all the books I have read and websites/videos I have researched are just a bunch of hype.  No actual step-by-step processes or practical guides to follow through on the process.  So with that said, whatever suggestions any of you would have would be greatly appreciated.  I'm open to just about anything that doesn't require me spending tons of money just to learn how to make money (which seems counter-intuitive imo) - things like textbooks, open courseware, websites, etc.  Whatever you know of that would be good, I'm open to.  I appreciate whatever help any of you can give me.