@Josh Birrell The first one was brought to me via a connection on BP and he turned me on to some business journals that really showed the UC future growth.

From the Biz Journal:'UC Berkeley's Terner Center for Housing Innovation surveyed developers, contractors, architects and nonprofits building market-rate and affordable residential projects on why costs are so high.

Tax Cuts and Jobs act.According to the Memphis Business Journal These programs include: •$200 million in increased compensation: Two-thirds will be allocated to hourly employees by advancing the 2018 annual pay increase to April 1 rather than the normal October increase date.

This was posted today from the Jacksonville Business Journal, the post on a daily basis and if you really want to know what is going on in Jacksonville, you need to subscribe, its $84 a year. 

It already looks like a workbook/journal because i read with a pen.

The Journal entry for a loan would be as follows:Cash                                             $30,000Loan from IB Singh                                              $30,000As payments are made you would deduct from the $30,000 principle balance along with any interest paid. 

Keep a sales journal. 

I heard I have to keep a journal or something to keep track of my RE activities, but don't really know any rules or the proper way to do it.

Subscribe to local business journals and E-newspapers.

In today's wall street journal, there is an article about rent control proposals in other places like the the typical spots in California, New York City and now Portland, Seattle,  and others.