I met with Steven Gesis and others on the Smartland team and felt very confident making my first investment in a turnkey property in April 2015.

When you know what to respond to your clients and what to ask, and feel you know your real estate scenarios and can answer confidently, that’s when you start getting listings and buyer agencies signed.

I feel confide that by the end of this program I will have a solid understanding of wholesaling and analyzing any market local or virtual, how to leverage direct mailing and TTP, and hopefully be focusing on scaling at that point... which is way more than expected.

I even turned off the hot water tank to save money (until my then-girlfriend, now wife, convinced me to turn it back on)—all to use these savings as my launching pad of capital to get into buying income-producing real estate and starting a business.Fast forward to today, the foundational skills and inspiring stories I absorbed from the BP podcast have given me the confidence to take action and believe in myself, significantly advancing my investment career.

Reading your post make me more confident in staying away from STR at the momeent. 

I'd feel more confident looking at someone's existing Real Estate portfolio, examine their values, cost basis, rent rolls, occupancy rates, history of cash-flows, and taxable dynamic, to properly assess return potential.

Following David Green's Core 4 strategy (realtor, contractor, property manager, and lender) gives confidence to invest anywhere.

It helps you find reliable property management partnerships and gives you everything you need to make confident hiring decisions, like:Expert Matching: Match with professionals who meet your criteriaExtra Assurance: Licenses, experience, ratings, reviews, and more that can be cross-checked with BiggerPockets membersBonus Content: Receive an essential interactive workbook: “How to Interview Property Management Companies”

i think a lot of this is my confidence in this shaky market. 

It helps you find reliable property management partnerships and gives you everything you need to make confident hiring decisions, like:Expert Matching: Match with professionals who meet your criteriaExtra Assurance: Licenses, experience, ratings, reviews, and more that can be cross-checked with BiggerPockets membersBonus Content: Receive an essential interactive workbook: “How to Interview Property Management Companies”