Hi Dustin, welcome to the community!

We have a great community that frequently meets and supports each other in real estate.  

Since you’re interested in learning more about commercial real estate (CRE), consider a mix of reading books, enrolling in online courses focused on real estate investing. 

We pride ourselves in keeping the forums positive, helpful, and focused on real estate (please, no politics, religion, etc.).

It's a smaller, family-friendly community that draws a ton of repeat vacationers (families will book the same place year after year). 

And lastly, by doing more of a new build focus you can always exit since you built below market in the area.

How do you approach educating people on the realities of the business? 

If you are going to focus on listings only list ones that are priced well to sell before spending your money.

Sorry, have not been on in a while - I did not attend the event and currently have decided not to pursue RAL and focus on our single family and multifamily properties.

Purchase price: $250,000 Cash invested: $14,000 I purchased and managed a rental property in Chicago, focusing on strategic improvements and tenant satisfaction to increase both its value and profitability.