There are literally hundreds of great books you can get (BP has a great selection here) and thousands of hours of great content on YouTube that will teach you everything you need to know.

Quote from @Michael Plaks: @James HamlingWe have an oversupply of information on literally anything, and half of it is trash.

We literally just completed one that came in this morning (we just couldn't beat our 22-minute world record). 

.- Currently all CRE are still on downtrend, you could invest safely when the slope of the line is moving up or flattening- in 2013, if you invest at syndication in MF for example, your probability of hitting the return is 80% with risk of losing money lets say 10%- in 2023, if you do it now, your chance of losing money is 40%, your probabily of hitting the return maybe 30%, this is just arbitrary numberI've shown to you after I analyze the slope- The duplex or any MF2-4 is always better because first, the financing is using long term 30 year amortization with goverment as the note holder literally speaking.

My bare minimum fee just to keep my license is 150/month to my firm, and that's literally just to be alive.

And not at the fancy restaurants, but at the taco shops that are literally on every corner.

Quote from @Neetu Patil: For California, I highly recommend you join the California Apartment Association (CAA) where you can get forms, training, laws, legal help, etc.You are in the most regulated, litigious corner of the world where tenants can literally stop paying rent for years and prevent you from even inspecting the property.

Kansas is a landlord friendly state, but not as friendly as the ones that always make the top ten list.The downside to the market is that everything (not literally, but it feels like it) is 100+ years old. 

Wow man sounds like I literally just read my bio.

Being represented by the home builder's team can be a bit sticky, since those agents don't have your best interests at heart (they literally work for the builder).