Quote from @Chris Seveney: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: Quote from @Chris Seveney: There is no guru or course on the planet that can teach you real estate development in the span of days or weeksSomeone can teach your college level 101 stuff but I would love to see how these courses tell you how to interact with planning and zoning boards, how to negotiate proffers, how to deal with disgruntled neighbors and community members.

.: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: having been a back room vendor for Montelongo  Vertucci  rich dad poor dad.I got to interact with hundreds of students.. its like anything RE related only a little worse than say RE agents .. 20% of RE agents make 80s of the income

I am also studying to get my real estate license and anticipate sitting for the exam at the end of February.Hey @Brian King, welcome to the BP Forum! 

I was not anticipating OTA backlash but Florida AG does not play around with price gouging during Hurricanes.

I really want to do local meetups and interact with more advanced investors but don’t know where to start.

., (3) gives you viable options and explains the pros and cons of each option and (4) you enjoy interacting with - this should be a relationship, not a transaction.Once you find a few lenders like this (and you should have relationships with more than one), then you can start comparing rates and fees.

Investment also spiked in Class A Short-Term Rentals (STR) and investors started paying higher and higher prices based upon anticipated STR rental rates, that exceeded sustainability based upon Long-Term Rental rates (LTR).

And you better do it before the anticipated tariffs kick in!  

Even if you aren't achieving the return you anticipated.  

You can get these under your belt for $6-10k, and we're talking about reading 4-10 books, being tested, interacting, and meeting new people.