But buying adjacent to Jackson Park, home of the Columbian Exposition and soon to be place of the Obama library, might be a great idea!

So far my only education investment has been a TON of time reading books from the library, listening to podcasts, and discussing investing with my wife and friends.

To reiterate, 1) education is the key. reading books (I have a whole library. need a link, PM me) and listening to podcast is as important as actually doing it as well as networking with other investors in your/your friend area of interest. real estate investing entails tons of niches, so finding the one (or several) that suit your and your friend's interests and goals is your primary objective and then concentrating on learning in detail about it.2) diversification is a must. just like the old saying goes, don't put all eggs in one basket, especially since it's new to her. this entails, potentially splitting the funds between RE and the stock market (like mutual funds, etf's. consider using some robo advisers).Good luck!

The amount of useful information someone with even half a brain can learn here for free to supplement books from Amazon or even the public library is astonishing.

I've just been reading as much as I can on this site and others across the internet and I've check some real estate books from the library.

and/or lower your expenses. 1 more important thing is to continue to get RE / Financial education here at BP or at your local library. 

Might be at the library or BBB.

Personally I stick with letters and PC's but may give them a shot in the future.

You can even see if your local library has the book you can check out for free.You can also look through this forum for posts that cover the basics, but reading a basic book first will help you tremendously.

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