You have to devote 10-15 hours a week minimum to be successful in this.The only other way is to save as much money that you can and then be a passive investor in an apartment syndication.

Basically anytime though I have within the day, I devote to real estate education.  

Hi @Michael KissiGood luck with your real estate goalsI think you should be little specific on what you can help with, how much time you can devote etc...Somebody who is successful will not have time to discover your skills or knowledge while you are trying to "help" him/her around.be specific and somebody might take that offer.

Are there groups devoted to this on sites like Facebook?

@Ned CareyI don't got a problem devoting all my time to learn about it and I am pretty much willing to take the risk.

Final regulations provide limited guidance, but IRS gives a safe harbor.The new tax break applies to qualified business income from a trade or business.The final regs continue to refer to the standard under federal tax code Section 162,the statute that generally governs the deductibility of trade or business expenses.Unfortunately, this standard is somewhat unclear in the context of a rental activity.That’s because it’s based on facts and circumstances specific to each taxpayer.Among the relevant factors: Type of property leased (commercial or residential),extent of day-to-day involvement by the lessor or the lessor’s agents, lease terms,number of properties rented and other ancillary services provided under the lease.The safe harbor applies if at least 250 hours are devoted to the rental activityby the property owner, employees or independent contractors in a year.

How many hours/week can you devote to real estate investing?

Consider doing the same if you are not able to completely devote yourself to investing immediately.What Do I Want from Real Estate Investing?

@Beckham Cummings Hey there is a whole section of BP devoted to finding groups of like-minded investors.

If I can give you 10 votes , I will.One other advantage of waking up early is you can devote some time to reading.Read a book for 30 minutes a day and you can read 1 book a week, 52 books in a year and if you can pick up just one thing you can do to improve your life every week from a book, your life will be a LOT better than before.