Quote from @Dan Heuschele: Quote from @Gene Hacker: I am not sure if it will pass but California is trying to pass a 15% STR tax.  

Originally posted by @Gene Hacker:Hi Jonathan,Welcome.  

I just attended an event last week where Gene Trowbridge, Merrill Kaliser, and Mauricio Rauld spoke (all syndication attorneys).

Once I began my due diligence, the home inspector @Gene Hacker found lots of problems.

Find a way to hustle and pay for college cheap, so take all your Gen Ed classes through a community college or test out of them.

Thanks Gene

@Gene Hacker I believe that's the move I'll have to make. 

I'd recommend Gene Trowbridge of Trowbridge Law Group LLP in Lake Forest, CA or Jeff Lerman of Lerman Law Partners, LLP in San Rafael, CA (https://www.realestateinvestorlaw.com/).

.: Learn financial literacy and personal finance principles (one great book is I Will Teach You to Be Rich), educate and invest in yourself (BP has tons of great books to read, I also recommend listening to all of the Real Estate Rookie podcasts for the past year, if you have other career aspirations w/ real estate on the side, be sure to do well in school, apply to community college, and do your gen eds, or go to trade school, whatever the case may be), get a job and income (you might look into something real estate / construction related to network), open a secured credit card when you hit 18 to start building personal credit, go to local meetups / networking events for real estate, learn to analyze markets and deals, learn about creative financing and partnerships, and then, strike!

Education, networking and hard work can definitely bring you a step closer to get into the game.Among podcasts I'd recommend:1) Jake&Gino2) Michael Blank3) Rod Khleif4) Old Capital5) RE guysBooks - start with Gene Trowbridge book (he's a securities attorney) and David Lindahl (both of his books are a phenomenal read).Originally posted by @Jeremy Porto:I'm working on the education piece of apartment syndication...I listen to several podcasts, have read a lot of books and chat with guys that are doing it.