Once HGTV picked them up, "Fixer Upper" quickly became the channels #1 show and eventually became the fifth most popular show in all of television, worldwide.

To start, set investment goals, analyze properties, focus on emerging neighborhoods and budget wisely.

Some of the simpler asset protection solutions would include the following:  having max funds allowed in qualified retirement plan or IRA rather than personal as retirement plans are exempt assets in Federal and most state bankruptcies; investing through an annuity if your state (Florida and Texas for example) exempts insurance policies and defines annuities as an insurance policy; taking advantage of maximum homestead exemption in your state; use of corporations or more popular LLC or Series LLC to limit liability to the entity holding the asset; reasonable liability insurance if available; separating asset ownership from asset management; etc.I can design a simple, cost effective asset protection strategy of up to about $5million with little cost IF the individual resides in Texas or Florida.  

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

BiggerPockets also has a calculator to analyze deals, and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

I would make sure you’re able to analyze deals, know market rents for similar properties (and see what you can do to outperform), and understand the costs of the deal from the financial side.

Quick google search is all you need.They charge $197 for a monthly subscription to a deal analyzer.

I recommend learning a bit on how to read the financials, but find yourself a great Accountant to help you analyze the financials and tax returns to make sure things make sense and are proper. 

They typically have soil scientists in-house that can analyze the soil for you and provide you with a detailed report of the conditions and give you recommendations on how to prepare the soil for construction.