This entails building personal/working relationships with people successful in the field.

This will teach you a lot of skills and prepare you for more complex investing in the future

Be prepared to learn the systems you need and deal with some headaches though compared to other forms of renting.

So just be prepared going in.

Additionally, it's helped me understand the transaction process significantly, preparing for when I do take the leap into investing. 

If you're looking to sell as-as and a quick sale, just be prepared to get less than it's retail value. 

If you want the best coverage in case something happens, call an independent agent and tell them you want a policy with Chubb...then be prepared to write a big fat check for that premium.As Dave Ramsey used to say, drive into any major city in the US and look at the names on the largest buildings downtown...usually either an insurance company or a bank, or both.

Be prepared to handle administrative tasks, build relationships with industry professionals, and bring a fresh perspective and strong work ethic.

I wouldn't do that to my investors, so even though I am not sure that a capital call will be needed, and if it is, it would be small relative to capital invested and likely not even this year, I felt it was my responsibility to give investors a distant heads-up that this is a possibility so they can be prepared if and when we have to take this step (and I should note we've never issued a capital call in our multi-decade history so I don't take this lightly). 

SEO for Real Estate Investors is probably a good program but I don't know what it entails and I know that I'd be doing the majority of the backlinking work.Good luck all,   This is quite silly, to be honest.This is not a competition or a popularity contest.