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Books and podcasts. Helpful?
I love audiobooks, books and podcasts, I read everyday and enjoy doing so. I just can’t stop thinking that some authors have to be writing just to make Money. So I thought I’d ask a question to people who have been Landlords for a while.
How much do you think all the books you read when you started helped you? Or how much of that information do you still use everyday?
Are their authors to avoid?
How do you tell the difference between the authors that know what they are talking about vs the ones that don’t or just don’t want to put the effort in to writing a comprehensive book on the subject and just give useless philosophical ideas that haven’t been tested?