Just like everything else in life, get started, keep honing those skills (i.e. keep reading, keep learning, keep attending the meetups) and watch yourself get better and better witch each property you buy.I hope this helps and good luck on your real estate journey!

If someone can find a free mentor, they trust, that has capital and success, they by all means that is the way to go.Providing free mentorship seems to be by a limited number of people, if the requests and notable lack of response means anything on Bigger Pockets.And why should we expect successful, skilled people to give up their time for "investors" who show a 95% failure and drop out rate?

I have 2 boys and 2 girls.The girls are ideal money mangers and completely suited to managing properties and tenants whereas the guys are poor money managers and different very skill sets. 

Just like everything else in life, get started, keep honing those skills (i.e. keep reading, keep learning, keep attending the meetups) and watch yourself get better and better witch each property you buy.

I even turned off the hot water tank to save money (until my then-girlfriend, now wife, convinced me to turn it back on)—all to use these savings as my launching pad of capital to get into buying income-producing real estate and starting a business.Fast forward to today, the foundational skills and inspiring stories I absorbed from the BP podcast have given me the confidence to take action and believe in myself, significantly advancing my investment career.

I'm assuming this mostly depends on the quality of the GC and his communication skills etc. 

USICS together with the department of labor (DOL) require your employer to provide evidence that you possess a certain set of skill and that the employer has tried but cannot find a suitable local candidate.The H1B visa allows you to work (earned income) for your employer only.

It wasn't reality then- but for maybe a few skilled or lucky perhaps operators -and it sure as hell isn't reality now.You can do that too like him if you are GP and you invest other people money when money is expanding like in 2009 timeframe.That's their actual recipe.GP is like leveraging other people money for your own personal benefits.

It doesn’t matter if they charged me 20% or 40%,I am still picking up the slack where their skills end.

Just like everything else in life, get started, keep honing those skills (i.e. keep reading, keep learning, keep attending the meetups) and watch yourself get better and better witch each property you buy.I hope this helps and good luck on your real estate journey!